We presented our project to Data-driven design Master students at the HU in Utrecht on November 1st. The guest lecture was given as part of the Philosophy of a Digital Society course. We presented our concept, method, and the AI-generated text (with Audio this time) and a VR sketch we created to give an impression of our next step. We also had a discussion on the topic and gave the students the opportunity to speak with us about it. We were really interested in hearing their thoughts on the gender gap in technology. The students were highly engaged and critical. It was mostly about how and why the Gender Gap existed in the first place, as well as the awareness and consciousness it has on design and society. Some of the students recognized some of the insights from the interviews. In addition, a couple of them came up with some design ideas, such as building a platform that looks at talents rather than names or gender. Another student suggested that through establishing accountability, company boards, or those in charge of management, could be more involved in providing a good work environment for all employees.
We appreciate the opportunity to talk about our project and have a fantastic conversation on how to utilize design solutions to overcome the gender gap in tech. We would like to thank Dr Dennis Nguyen for hosting the guest lecture!
Books in the background: De IT-Girl (The countless examples and convincing figures on the Gender Gap in Tech) by Chantal Schinkels & Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Uit onlangs afgerond onderzoek blijkt dat er nog steeds wezenlijke risico’s bestaan voor de bescherming van persoonsgegevens bij het testen, vaccineren en het bron- en contactonderzoek tijdens de coronapandemie. Juist nu het aantal besmettingen en ziekenhuisopnames weer zo snel toeneemt, is het essentieel dat mensen vertrouwen hebben in de GGD en niet schromen zich te laten testen of vaccineren. https://lnkd.in/dk4_CMup
Staan 23, 24 en 25 november al rood omcirkeld in je agenda? Dan vinden namelijk de EU Open Data Days plaats! Én dit jaar is Data.overheid.nl partner van dit grootschalige evenement.
Dit unieke online-evenement zal onder andere dienen als een #kenniscentrum. Laat je inspireren en ontdek de laatste trends en meest #innovatieve oplossingen.
"De EU Open Data Days draait om de toekomst met open #data".
#Digitalchina minor block B will kick off in a week's time. We are thrilled to announce that Dao Insights and METIDA will be joining the programme as project clients!
A group of international students from the Netherlands, working for clients from UK and Lithuania, on projects related to China - eat your heart out Mark! :) we are truly building a better #metaverse
A couple weeks ago, I proudly recieved my Master of Arts degree with Merit 🎓.
During my Master Data-driven Design I took a deep dive into the data-driven world. I have gained a lot of knowledge about data-driven concepts and the role of technology. Learning the basics of machine learning and create and analyze human-machine interactions.
In addition, I gained a critical understanding of digital ethics and data literacy. Resulting in becoming even more aware of my role as a current and future designer in the data-driven world.
I am happy with my role as digital designer at Hoffelijk Groep where I can put my knowledge into practice.
PhD is done!!! Today I defended my thesis titled “Between Cosmopolitan and National Outlook: The BBC World News’ Coverage of the Syrian Refugee Crisis” at Galatasaray University in Istanbul. Greatly enjoyed the day with fruitful discussions on my research and the beautiful weather was just the cherry on top! Thank you all my jury members, phd candidates who joined & my supervisor İNCİ ÇINARLI for making this a special day! #phd
Digitalisering: communicatie of miscommunicatie? Deze vraag stelde Arno Visser (president Algemene Rekenkamer) in een speech over digitaal burgerschap , 3 november jl. in het Haagse Perscentrum Nieuwspoort.
A few months back Irene Westra invited me to start a conversation w. her, Dr. Lawrence Nderu & Albert Njoroge Kahira. We talked about (missing) data, data science & society. The energy in our meetings was fantastic. We also explore opportunities for cooperating in teaching our students here in NL & in Kenya. I am excited that we take this conversation now public, and start with a session on entrepreneurial activities for action research at Kenyatta University & JENGA School and you can all join. Wednesday 10 Novermber 10:00 (CET) / 12:00 (GMT+3)
Robots worden steeds meer ingezet in het onderwijs. Maar hoe stimuleer je naast leereffecten ook relatievorming met een robot, zodat kinderen langer gemotiveerd blijven om met de robot te interacteren? Met trots kan ik mededelen dat Utrecht University of Applied Sciences en Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) in samenwerking met RobotWise, smartrobot.solutions, WELBO - Welcome robots to your team en Stichting Spaarnesant een KIEM subsidie hebben ontvangen om te onderzoeken hoe we relatievorming tussen een kind en een robot in een klaslokaal kunnen stimuleren en meten, zodat we hiermee het effect van robots – en daarmee de meerwaarde voor het onderwijs – kunnen vergroten.
I am so glad to have found my place at MHP – A Porsche Company and even more so, that my journey here reaches a new level: As of the beginning of this week, I am a very proud part-time Junior Professional in Employer Branding 💙.
I’m super grateful to be surrounded by the wonderful Talent Acquisition & #OneTeam but especially the coolest Employer Branding crew you can imagine. Special shoutout goes to you Sarah Aigner - thank you for always having my back!
In addition to that, my theoretical learning journey is also evolving: next to working at MHP, I am pursuing a Masters Degree in Marketingmanagement at IU International University of Applied Sciences and couldn’t be more excited for the upcoming adventures!
Er komen minimumeisen voor de digitale veiligheid van ‘Internet-of-Things’ (IoT). Producten die daar niet aan voldoen zijn vanaf 2024 in de hele EU verboden. #Informatieveiligheid#IoT
Are you interested in Data Literacy? We are processing a lot of data every day but how do we communicate data-driven insights effectively?
At School of Data Science, we are hosting a series of meetups on topics like these and more. First, we discuss what makes a good visualization. Read more about it in the event description. #datascience#data#visualization
Voor het lectoraat Human Experience & Media Design van de Hogeschool Utrecht zijn we altijd bezig met de ontwikkelingen in de markt. Kijk de video hoe en wat we doen met Online #Bots, #Algoritmic affordances en #Conversational Interfaces.
Bei Wang 王蓓, CMO at STRAIGHT FIRE, will tell you more about NFTs in the online masterclass "NFT, The Future of Creative Expression?" on Thursday, 4 November at 8:30pm!💛
Is NFT just a hype or is there more to it?🤔 Join our online conversation!
This has the power to forever change fashion, beauty, communication, human bonding, belonging, creativity, consumer products, education, and much more... so much computing power so much electricity and can we properly offsets these carbons?
**Wij zoeken versterking voor ons team klimaatadaptatie bij de provincie Utrecht**
Klimaatadaptatie is de komende jaren één van de grootste uitdagingen in Nederland. De samenleving en de leefomgeving zullen zich moeten aanpassen aan het veranderende klimaat. Waarbij de schadelijke gevolgen zoveel mogelijk worden beperkt.
Ben jij of ken jij iemand die een bijdrage wil leveren aan het klimaatbestendig maken van de provincie Utrecht? Reageer dan snel op deze mooie vacature in mijn team!
Als beleidsmedewerker klimaatadaptatie ben je flexibel inzetbaar en van vele markten thuis. Je neemt deel aan het programmateam klimaatadaptatie. Als teamlid ondersteun je bij de uitvoering van één of meerdere acties uit het programma. Daarnaast ondersteun je de programmamanager met name op het gebied van beheerszaken, zoals: planning & control, aanbestedingstrajecten en nakomen van rapportageverplichtingen.
Ben je resultaatgericht, accuraat en stressbestendig? Kan je goed samenwerken? Solliciteer dan nu naar deze mooie functie!
Experiment: wat gebeurt er binnen de afdeling of het team als computers twee uur lang uitgeschakeld zijn? De VNG (Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten) daagt je uit! Op de valreep kan je deze week nog deelnemen aan de oefening van de Gemeentelijke Cyberweek. Op de site meld je je aan voor de instructie en checklist. #cybersecurity#team https://lnkd.in/dU3kpp9b
We will continue our conversation series on "Interacting Systems: Our Boxes, Ourselves" tomorrow with a meaningful morning conversation on Forgiveness. We will explore dimensions of forgiveness in the context of our boxes which include our identities, systemic connections, and many other aspects of self. Looking forward to an exploratory, respectful, and curious conversation tomorrow!
On 12 November from 9:00 to 13:00, the European Commission is organizing in cooperation with De Taalstudio, Utrecht University, Presence and other partners the inspiring free workshop ‘Language and Technology: a successful combination' for bachelor and master students in linguistics, communication, (computational) linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science or similar (university and university of applied sciences).
What can you expect? - You will discover a range of possibilities offered by this professional field. - You will get to know organisations that make and use language technology. - You will be able to network with students who share your interests. - You will actively work on case studies. - There is a programme in both English and Dutch.
Be quick, because the number of participants is limited.
I am invited to give a guest lecture at the UNC’s Center for European Studies as part of the Transatlantic Masters (TAM) Program Fall Friday Lecture Series. 10 years after my graduation from the TAM program, I will not only meet with the new cohort but also get to speak about my PhD thesis “Between Cosmopolitan and National Outlook: The BBC World News’ coverage of the Syrian Refugee Crisis”! Want to know more about my research? Register through the link below, it is on November 5th at 18:00 (CET) #phd#thesis
Ben jij erbij? De tijd gaat sneller dan je denkt en voor je het weet staan de EU Open Data Days al voor de deur! Houd 23 tot 25 november vrij in je agenda!
Private organisaties mogen niet zomaar een ‘fraudeursdatabase’ beheren en delen. De AP heeft de vergunningsaanvraag van VODIOM, die een zwarte lijst wilde delen met bedrijven uit verschillende sectoren, afgewezen. https://lnkd.in/gX9Bn4Gs
A news issue that #EU data regulation will have to tackle is the insertion of data #falsepositives in data sets and ledgers. Planting digital evidence should be considered a major strategic vulnerability for political systems around the world and could potentially have a massive effect on any digital social credit system. #data#digital
Data.overheid.nl is vernieuwd! Heb jij de verbeteringen en vernieuwde lay-outs al gezien op onze website? In dit artikel lees je wat er allemaal is veranderd.
Wij zijn benieuwd wat jij van de aanpassingen vindt! Laat een reactie achter onder dit berichtje!
Verbetering Data.overheid.nl - Pilots | Het afgelopen jaar zijn we bij data.overheid achter de schermen bezig geweest met de release van de nieuwe pilots. Deze #pilots zijn vooral van belang om de data die wij beschikbaar hebben, beter #vindbaar te maken. Daarnaast zijn er ook diverse ontwikkelingen uitgevoerd die ervoor hebben gezorgd dat de website nog gebruiksvriendelijker is. Zo kun je bijvoorbeeld feedback geven op een #dataset, de lay-out van datasets is verbeterd en de formulieren om dataverzoeken en #toepassingen aan te melden zijn vernieuwd.
Benieuwd naar alle verbeteringen? Je leest het vanaf vandaag op onze website via onderstaande link.
Wat is het verschil tussen een normale computer en AI? Hoe zorgen we dat AI-systemen niet slimmer worden dan wij zelf? En hoe zal AI onze levens gaan veranderen?
Ik zal hier komende donderdagmiddag alles over komen vertellen bij Utrecht Maakt Kennis, in de bibliotheek op het Neude.
Met ook jurist Marlies van Eck, over de juridische keerzijden van AI-toepassingen door overheidsinstanties. En we gaan ervaren hoe AI op adembenemende wijze tot kunst kan worden gemaakt, met choreograaf David Middendorp – finalist ‘America’s Got Talent’ 2014 – over zijn danswerk waarin mens en technologie ultiem samensmelten!
Kaarten zijn gratis verkrijgbaar via onderstaande link:
Vandaag is de laatste werkdag van Jelle Verburg bij Data.overheid.
Op 1 maart 2016 begon Jelle bij KOOP als datamanager bij data.overheid.nl. Inmiddels is hij in ruim 5,5 jaar doorgegroeid als product owner van zowel data.overheid.nl als Plooi.
"Beide producten hebben gelukkig mogen doorgroeien in de vorm die ze nu zijn. In deze reis van 5,5 jaar heb ik met veel mensen in prettige harmonie mogen samenwerken. Waarvoor dank!"
We gaan je missen Jelle, dank voor je tomeloze inzet, energie en enthousiasme. We zullen goed voor data.overheid.nl zorgen. Tot ziens!
Dat was niet alleen een heel leuk gesprek met Ronald Voorn, Alexander Koene en Kim Cramer, maar ook een open uitnodiging naar organisaties om met ons mee te werken in onderzoek naar het bevorderen van duurzaam consumentengedrag! #HU#duurzaamheid
Ronald: “Voor mij is er eigenlijk maar één drijfveer. Ik wil dat mijn kinderen en kleinkinderen het beter krijgen dan ik. […] Daarom vind ik het heel mooi dat we als lectoraat hebben besloten onze kennis op het gebied van marketing, communicatie en customer experience zo in te zetten dat het een duurzaam doel dient”
Tijs: “Ik denk dat we in een fase zitten van bewustwording, maar dat het duurzame gedrag en nog heel erg achteraan loopt. […] Het concept ‘merk’ kan hier een relevante rol in spelen. Merken maken het leven makkelijk voor mensen, het zijn shortcuts naar beslissingen. Dus als het merk help het goede te doen, dan gaat het makkelijker”
Vandaag ben ik op de Intelligent Health Conferene in de Beurs van Berlage. Morgen zal daar de World Summit AI plaatsvinden. Ga jij ook? Kom dan om 10:00 naar de NL Lounge voor een kleine openingsceremonie. De lounge kun je op de 1e etage vinden. Zie ik je dan?
Hoe geef je les in programmeren? Het komende half jaar doe ik een proefondervindelijk onderzoekje. Dit is de eerste blog in een serie van vier. Ik ben benieuwd naar jullie reacties, ervaringen en tips! #programmeren#onderwijs
How Netflix uses #AI and #MachineLearning to determine which thumbnails they use, and how they tailor these to your profile.
I came across this really interesting thread on Twitter, by Trung Phan. Rather than take creative assets provided by studios, Netflix has built a complex #algorithm that uses stills from media to creative optimised thumbnails for each user.
Who knew this is how Netflix thumbnails were created?
I'll leave a link to the original thread in comments
Despite the steps companies have taken to support employees and expand flexibility, burnout is still on the rise—especially among women. Companies can’t erase all of the stress and pressure of the last year and a half, but they can do more to minimize one key driver of burnout: the feeling of being “always on.” Below Lean In & McKinsey & Company recommend steps companies can take:
1. Putting clear norms and boundaries in place—for example, explicitly telling employees that they aren’t expected to respond to non-urgent requests outside of their core working hours
2. Setting the expectation that all employees will block off personal time on their calendars.
3. Leaders and managers can also help by modeling these practices and directly encouraging their team members to take time away from work.
4. Companies also need to ensure that employees are evaluated based on the results they produce, not on when or how much they work. For more on #WomenInTheWorkplace: https://leanin.org/wiw2021
I want to invite you to an event that makes me very excited! Talent Night 2021 tomorrow at 8pm.
Talent Night is an event organized by TEDxAmsterdamWomen to encourage people who are not public speakers or don't have a platform to share their ideas to do it, while competing for a chance to do their own TED talk at the main event in December. Exciting, right?
This year is extra-special because the 10 participants are young women (between 16 and 30 y/o) with groundbreaking and inspiring ideas in all sorts of areas like sexuality, education, sustainability, competition, role models, etc. They will pitch their ideas tomorrow in front of a very influential jury. As online audience you will be able to vote for your favorite idea!
If you would like to participate in Talent Night 2022, this is an opportunity to get inspired, if you know someone who would love this, please share it (:
The Master Data-driven Design students had their graduation ceremony last week! Congratulations to all graduates! One of the speeches was given by Marissa Berk :
After a year of being around a maximum of 10 people at a time my first reaction to hearing that I would be speaking in front of a large crowd (aside from honor and gratitude of course) was panic…. But then I thought back on this past year and I realized that if I can complete this master’s program during a global pandemic then I can do pretty much anything I set my mind to.
The same applies for all of my fellow classmates… this past year was definitely not easy, but Challenges can be exciting. They force us to look for solutions, and to be creative. Most of us were looking forward to this experience full of energy, hope and inspiration, a lot of us even moving to a new country excited to explore everything the Netherlands and the HU had to offer.
What a drag it was to encounter COVID. None of us expected that there would be this additional challenge added to an already challenging but rewarding experience. In a year filled with uncertainty, social isolation and oftentimes disappointment, completing this program was not an easy task.
Nevertheless, here we are. We pulled together and overcame all of the expected and unexpected obstacles and we reached a milestone. Despite all the hurdles, we made it. And we learned a lot along the way
I would like to extend a special thank you to all the faculty and teaching staff for their dedication, hard work and patience. I would also like to thank all of the friends, family, boyfriends, girlfriends and roommates who listened to us go on and on about data bias, user testing and complain about bugs in our code … even though most of the time they had no idea what we were talking about.
Whether you are here in-person or virtually, you made it! You followed thru; and finished what you started, so congratulations are most definitely in order.
May the experiences we had together over this past year make us appreciate our friendship even more. I am honored to stand here and address you as graduates from the data-driven design masters program and I really hope that our paths will cross as we embark on the professional phase in our lives.
Andreina Romero, Board Member of Lean In | Netherlands talks about biases and why it is crucial to address them to create a better workplace with equal opportunities for everyone.
In this workshop you will learn about common biases that women face, you will be provided with actionable advice on how to acknowledge it and fight it.
Bias—whether deliberate or unconscious—is holding women back in the workplace.
It makes it harder for women to get hired and promoted and negatively impacts their day-to-day work experiences.
While there is no one-size-fits-all program to solve for #genderbias, 50 Ways provides practical steps that everyone can take to foster #inclusivity.
Für die Piazza Konferenz zu Digitalisierung von Staat & Gesellschaft habe ich mit Nelly Clausen einen kurzen Beitrag über partizipative Datenethik geschrieben. Wir erörtern warum es wichtig ist, Daten- und KI-Projekte hinsichtlich Design und Werten zu befragen. Und in einem Workshop zeigen wir wie das praktisch ausgeführt werden kann.
The global news coverage today on #huawei CFO flying back to China reminds me of an analysis by De Correspondent (English version which was discontinued) almost a year ago, one of the very few quality work nowadays on #5g that can be called #journalism
Het event vanmiddag voor de lancering van Utrecht Tech Community (UTC) en het ICT Career Center Utrecht (ICCU) was een succes! De zaal was vol, met inachteneming van de1,5 meter afstand (het had verdacht veel weg van een tentamen opstelling) en er waren vele volgers via de livestream. Menno Van Doorn inspireerde en zette aan tot denken, Klaas Verschuure zorgde voor de officiele lancering, Marjolijn Zwetsloot lichtte kort UTC toe en Sanbot de robot orchestreerde de ondertekening van ICCU. Frits Bussemaker maakte het event af met zijn deskundige begeleiding. Dank iedereen voor jullie (online) aanwezigheid en interesse! #utrechttechcommunity#community#talent#career#tech#event
Met trots kan ik melden dat ik ben gekozen als één van de nieuwe talenten van TV Academy!
Hier zullen we wekelijks workshops krijgen van professionals uit de mediawereld en aan onze eigen producties werken. Ik heb heel veel zin om met andere jonge mediamakers lekker veel te gaan maken, formats te ontwikkelen en die te leren pitchen, onder anderen aan John de Mol himself!
Kicking off with Friday breakfast meetings at Sveriges EU-representation, this time with Philipp Schulmeister at the European Parliament Public Opinion Monitoring Unit on the latest Flash #Eurobarometer linked to last weeks State of the European Union by the President of the EU-Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. The survey looks at 🇪🇺 citizens view on main priorities for EU. 🇸🇪 citizens see #RoL and the fight against organised crime as main priorities for the Union according to the report. #Soteu#Eurobarometer
There is much talk about "deplatforming", the banning of individual users from social media platforms. We also must consider "deplatformization", a powerful dynamic where various participants make an effort to limit an entire platform's ability to operate. In this paper we distinguish "deplatforming" from "deplatformization" and describe how it affects governance in the platform ecosystem. Open access: https://lnkd.in/d-XEDX29
Join us next Wednesday, 29th of September at 10am for the online creativity seminar ‘The Role of Creativity in Human and Artificial Cognition’ by Dr. Rebecca Marrone
Description of the seminar: Creativity is a core 21st-century skill and is taught in education systems globally. Creativity is expected to separate us from machines, but is it? In isolation, machines can be more effective problem solvers than humans, and they can exhibit novelty. The challenge to being creative is exhibiting both novelty and effectiveness simultaneously. As AI is being implemented in classrooms around the world, a key question is proposed; what is the role of machines in human creativity? This seminar will unpack several studies that are currently being conducted in this space and will explore the role of creativity in the future.
If the birth of the Internet was mainly facilitated by US, UK and France, then the cradle of the #metaverse#元宇宙 is now surrounded by diversified forces, cultures and inevitably #narratives
In #digitalchina Minor I developed from #creativebusiness study, I introduced Metaverse briefly to the students and highlighted a few Chinese key players such as #tencent and #huawei
How to balance #technology and #humanity is a conversation we all need to participate, while listening, thinking and speaking critically, divergently and empathically.
Yesterday was my first day at Jaguar Land Rover, where I'm joining the Data Office in InDigital, as a Data Culture and (Tableau) Enablement Lead. I could not be more excited about this mission of driving data literacy in the organisation and getting people excited about data. Thank you so much Clive (Benny) Benford for giving me this great opportunity and thank you also Marla Nelson and Amy Ryder for the very nice welcome!
I would also like to say a massive thank you to members of my #datafam, particularly Simon Beaumont and Mark Kernke for all your advice and guidance as I embark on this journey. And many thanks Jowita Skweres for your help and support throughout this process !
Wij zijn op zoek naar een organisatie die een hackaton met ons wil organiseren voor onze studenten van de minor “Big Data for Smart Media and Business”. Studenten gaan dan aan de slag met jouw vraagstuk en de data die jullie aanleveren. Het eindproduct na 2 dagen is een data-concept met een eerste prototype.
Uit onze ervaring blijkt dat opdrachtgevers de energie en inspiratie van de studenten waarderen. Na afloop hebben jullie diverse ideeën voor manieren om het meeste uit jullie data te halen, zoals inspiratie voor een data-dashboard.
Het doel van de Hackaton is om de studenten te laten ruiken aan de vraagstukken van de praktijk en ze voor te bereiden op een groter design project, waar ze eventueel ook een vervolg kunnen geven aan de hackaton.
We zoeken nog een opdrachtgever. Bij voorkeur een organisatie met een ruimte waar 15 tot 25 studenten ook fysiek met elkaar kunnen werken (evt verspreid over kleinere projectruimtes). Een digitale hackaton is echter ook een optie. De hackaton staat gepland op donderdag 28 en vrijdag 29 oktober.
Wij zijn op zoek naar een organisatie die een hackaton met ons wil organiseren voor onze studenten van de minor “Big Data for Smart Media and Business”. Studenten gaan dan aan de slag met jouw vraagstuk en de data die jullie aanleveren. Het eindproduct na 2 dagen is een data-concept met een eerste prototype.
Uit onze ervaring blijkt dat opdrachtgevers de energie en inspiratie van de studenten waarderen. Na afloop hebben jullie diverse ideeën voor manieren om het meeste uit jullie data te halen, zoals inspiratie voor een data-dashboard.
Het doel van de Hackaton is om de studenten te laten ruiken aan de vraagstukken van de praktijk en ze voor te bereiden op een groter design project, waar ze eventueel ook een vervolg kunnen geven aan de hackaton.
We zoeken nog een opdrachtgever. Bij voorkeur een organisatie met een ruimte waar 15 tot 25 studenten ook fysiek met elkaar kunnen werken (evt verspreid over kleinere projectruimtes). Een digitale hackaton is echter ook een optie. De hackaton staat gepland op donderdag 28 en vrijdag 29 oktober.
We made it through the night and to the finish. Thanks to the most amazing walking buddies Aizza Lee, Eric van Beek & Nalan Akyurek (she/her) (Team Rotary Club Utrecht International)! I am so grateful for the many donations we received (4.854,- !!!) and for the opportunity to help people who have lost everything!
De samenleving verandert en de Rijksoverheid verandert mee om op de samenleving aan te blijven sluiten. Stilstand is achteruitgang. Dat gebeurt met grote #investeringsimpulsen, en ook door de persoonlijke inzet van individuele ambtenaren. Hoe kun jij bijdragen aan innovatie? Daarover heeft RADIO nu een eerste e-learning gemaakt, in samenwerking met de Digicampus, I-Partnerschap, het innovatieteam van Justitie en de Rijks Innovatie Community (RIC).
Ontdek in deze #elearning hoe de Rijksoverheid innoveert, hoe jij hierbij betrokken bent en wat jij kunt doen om te blijven innoveren.
Zie ik je op de World Summit AI? Het eerste grotere event waar we elkaar weer over Kunstmatige Intelligentie kunnen spreken. Kaarten zijn beschikbaar via deze website: https://worldsummit.ai
EVENT Over een maand start het #WSAI in de Beurs van Berlage te Amsterdam. Bezoek ons in de NL Lounge, waar we laten zien waar Nederland groot in is op het gebied van ‘AI for good’ en ‘Human Centric AI’. Bezoek ons en laat je inspireren door toonaangevende sprekers en voorbeelden vanuit o.a. de NL AIC tijdens Intelligent Health op 12 oktober en/of de WSAI op 13 en 14 oktober.
Sinds 1 november 2020 heeft de Rijksoverheid haar eerste Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Aart Jochem ✓ is het boegbeeld van het informatiebeveiligings- en privacy beleid. “Door de onderlinge afhankelijkheden is het belangrijk samen te werken. In de dagelijkse aanpak en als het misgaat. Kloppen de draaiboeken en contactlijsten nog, weten we elkaar te vinden?” Lees snel verder: https://lnkd.in/dqDHZwAE#cyberveiligheid#digitaleoverheid
Samenwerken, koppelen, bouwen, versnellen, initiëren en opleiden. Zo maar een paar onderwerpen die voorbij kwamen tijdens het netwerkoverleg met TechConnect , Utrecht Tech Community en WE-IT.
Vanaf deze week zoeken Viktor Bos, Remco Engels, Marijn Roelof en Marjolijn Zwetsloot elkaar periodiek op en bundelen zij de krachten vanuit Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam en Utrecht om nog sneller tot meer IT talent en digitaal vaardig human capital te komen in de verschillende regio’s.
Samen zorgen zij ervoor dat regionale initiatieven goed op elkaar aansluiten en afgestemd worden. De eerste sessie hierover vond plaats bij IT Campus Rotterdam. En niet alleen de taart smaakte naar meer!
Graduation Ceremony Master Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University, and a new job! Zo fijn dat de uitreiking live mogelijk was en dat ik mams en manlief mocht meenemen. Vorig jaar had ik de bachelor al gehaald, maar dit voelt meer als de afronding van 4 jaar hard werken, korte nachten, stress, vermoeidheid, met vooral heel veel voldoening! Over enkele weken start ik als basispsycholoog in de specialistische GGZ bij PsyQ (o.a. psychotrauma en persoonlijkheidsproblematiek). Heel blij mee. Ik blijf parttime werken op de HU als communicatiedocent binnen de minor mindful communiceren. Deze week mijn eerste live lessen in 2 jaar gegeven. Het was te gek! Utrecht Science Park bruist weer met studenten. Zin in nieuwe fase! #Academiegebouw
The Covid-19 health crisis spawned massive media coverage on China while also providing global audiences with plenty of essential public health information. China is a key global player, both politically and economically. To explore the construction of China's image from administrative and economic perspectives, dr. Radhika Mittal and former ESHCC student Yun Xiao examined news articles on China and COVID-19 published in The New York Times between January and March 2020, encapsulating three initial phases of the unfolding outbreak.
The book chapter is available as part of an edited book that explores recent Covid-19 narratives, titled, COVID-19, Racism and Politicization: Media in the Midst of a Pandemic, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. https://bit.ly/3yPnoVo
Ik ben begonnen als student aan de Supervisorenopleiding van de HU. Een van de eerste opdrachten was een profielfoto regisseren met elementen die iets over jou vertellen. De brug staat voor verbinden. Het water voor gevoel. De kleurrijke woonboot met de rommelige vlonder spreekt voor zich. Het groen is rustig en natuurlijk. Het schrift is voor het vergaren van kennis en in de verte zie je de hijskraan die bouwt aan vernieuwing. En het handje over het bord? Mijn afkeer voor betutteling ;-)
Marketers around the globe are missing out on valuable opportunities to tap into the engagement, influence and buying power of Chinese consumers. Brands with a more mature understanding of the Chinese mobile market, the country’s regulatory landscape and trends such as livestream e-commerce stand to capture a larger slice of the Chinese market. How will companies pivot to capture the opportunity brought about by the growing affluence of Chinese consumers?
We all heard the sentence "Data is the new oil". Indeed data is much more than just oil and it is everywhere. Data is like a product and needs to be regulated and protected as such.
👏 Media scholar Professor José van Dijck has been awarded a NWO Spinoza Prize of 2.5 million euros. In her research, she demonstrates the need to critically examine the influence of digital platforms, data and algorithms on our democracy ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gik4PUhK
kind of shouting NEW! just for the sake of shouting among the current newspeak and innovation theatre or why would The Economist dedicate its most recent article to #Schumpeter In the #metaverse, #will#big#gaming#eventually#become#bigTech? Epic’s fight against Apple and Google is about more than just app stores as if all these top media enterprises ran out of relevant innovation narratives? or is this rather an artefact showing how ‘they’ [=all media groups] unsuccessfully try to capture younger audiences’ loyalty? or perhaps lens cracking material guys' escapism into everybody writes poetry [like myself] or (y)our fear and a really startling conclusion: "Experts fear another surge is likely"
maybe our next decade can be framed almost like Apple’s next decade - Apple exemplified an era […] that has passed --- interesting food for thought for a poet in times of dearth:
“there are echoes of this “good v greedy” narrative in the way Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, an online-gaming phenomenon, talks about the metaverse. [...] the OASIS is a pretty good analogy for what tech utopians have in mind. [...]”
“in ‘ready player one’ a science-fiction novel set in 2045, people can escape a ghastly world of global warming and economic mayhem by teleporting themselves into the OASIS, a parallel universe where they can change identity, hang out and forget the miseries of everyday life. In the book, published in 2011, the OASIS is the brainchild of a gaming tycoon [...] Nick Shager, writing for The Daily Beast, offered a scathing review that criticized "It’s... a terribly written piece of adolescent fantasy that, at heart, exemplifies everything wrong and repellent about modern nerd culture" "It’s a lionization of immature things (and immaturity) as an end to itself, rather than as the building blocks of more mature – and worthwhile – creations".
perhaps there are a better ways of thinking about technology and innovation? Tom Standage "Pessimism vs progress - Should we be worried about technological progress? Examining historical attitudes towards innovation can teach us how to view technology today" #no#firewall – #no#subscription#neededhttps://lnkd.in/e-aeGNz2
so do you fear ‘the future’ or ‘impacts from innovation’ or is there fear creeping in that you might not be innovative enough for Europe to generate sustainable prosperity?
and yet #the_future_is_open: how does this nourish our commitment to contributing to a more #nuanced answer for #Europe's share in a global challenge to effectively cooperate with the US and Asia in a highly competitive environment of #innovation
ping me directly if you have interesting views or thoughts to share
kind of shouting NEW! just for the sake of shouting among the current newspeak and innovation theatre or why would The Economist dedicate its most recent article to #Schumpeter In the #metaverse, #will#big#gaming#eventually#become#bigTech? Epic’s fight against Apple and Google is about more than just app stores as if all these top media enterprises ran out of relevant innovation narratives? or is this rather an artefact showing how ‘they’ [=all media groups] unsuccessfully try to capture younger audiences’ loyalty? or perhaps lens cracking material guys' escapism into everybody writes poetry [like myself] or (y)our fear and a really startling conclusion: "Experts fear another surge is likely"
maybe our next decade can be framed almost like Apple’s next decade - Apple exemplified an era […] that has passed --- interesting food for thought for a poet in times of dearth:
“there are echoes of this “good v greedy” narrative in the way Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, an online-gaming phenomenon, talks about the metaverse. [...] the OASIS is a pretty good analogy for what tech utopians have in mind. [...]”
“in ‘ready player one’ a science-fiction novel set in 2045, people can escape a ghastly world of global warming and economic mayhem by teleporting themselves into the OASIS, a parallel universe where they can change identity, hang out and forget the miseries of everyday life. In the book, published in 2011, the OASIS is the brainchild of a gaming tycoon [...] Nick Shager, writing for The Daily Beast, offered a scathing review that criticized "It’s... a terribly written piece of adolescent fantasy that, at heart, exemplifies everything wrong and repellent about modern nerd culture" "It’s a lionization of immature things (and immaturity) as an end to itself, rather than as the building blocks of more mature – and worthwhile – creations".
perhaps there are a better ways of thinking about technology and innovation? Tom Standage "Pessimism vs progress - Should we be worried about technological progress? Examining historical attitudes towards innovation can teach us how to view technology today" #no#firewall – #no#subscription#neededhttps://lnkd.in/e-aeGNz2
so do you fear ‘the future’ or ‘impacts from innovation’ or is there fear creeping in that you might not be innovative enough for Europe to generate sustainable prosperity?
and yet #the_future_is_open: how does this nourish our commitment to contributing to a more #nuanced answer for #Europe's share in a global challenge to effectively cooperate with the US and Asia in a highly competitive environment of #innovation
ping me directly if you have interesting views or thoughts to share
AR and VR have failed so FB cooks up a new word and narrative, one that still involves AR and VR. But new narrative allows it to avoid saying the old one failed and that the same obstacles to the old one exist for the new one. Unfortunately mainstream media keeps buying big tech narratives
When it comes to BigTech, the media narrative on China has got it wrong.
Because far from implementing a command and control, surveillance state, China is rapidly building a tech and trading economy for the 21st digital century.
The latest move is a new privacy and consumer protection law. This law, similar in many ways to GDPR in the European Union, will give Chinese citizens significant consumer protections.
But it goes further than consumer protection because there is a huge emphasis on national security. In other words "data": where is it and who controls it.
The new law requires that all data, including user data, broadly defined as "critical information" is to be stored in China.
This has big ramifications for non-Chinese tech firms operating in China because the new law prohibits foreign law enforcement agencies from accessing data of Chinese nationals without going through an onerous approvals process.
Take Apple. The most valuable company in the world has around a fifth of its business in China.
This is the latest action to curb the behaviour of BigTech and social media firms. (More about that here https://bit.ly/2VDPOUn)
This BigTech crackdown started last October after the Chinese gov got a kick up the backside when the enigmatic Jack Ma openly criticised China's financial services industry and the ruling party. This was quickly followed by a series of dramatic actions, including the monster anti-trust fine on Alibaba and the crackdown on Didi, China's version of Uber, following the ride-hailer's IPO on Wall Street.
For many commentators, they will see China's new privacy laws as yet further example of China's heavy-handed clampdown on Big Tech. (boo hiss)
When the reality is that this new law is all about giving further protection to Chinese citizens and their data, whilst also putting up barriers to stop foreign-owned firms from being used as a back door route for spying.
When it comes to BigTech, the media narrative on China has got it wrong.
Because far from implementing a command and control, surveillance state, China is rapidly building a tech and trading economy for the 21st digital century.
The latest move is a new privacy and consumer protection law. This law, similar in many ways to GDPR in the European Union, will give Chinese citizens significant consumer protections.
But it goes further than consumer protection because there is a huge emphasis on national security. In other words "data": where is it and who controls it.
The new law requires that all data, including user data, broadly defined as "critical information" is to be stored in China.
This has big ramifications for non-Chinese tech firms operating in China because the new law prohibits foreign law enforcement agencies from accessing data of Chinese nationals without going through an onerous approvals process.
Take Apple. The most valuable company in the world has around a fifth of its business in China.
This is the latest action to curb the behaviour of BigTech and social media firms. (More about that here https://bit.ly/2VDPOUn)
This BigTech crackdown started last October after the Chinese gov got a kick up the backside when the enigmatic Jack Ma openly criticised China's financial services industry and the ruling party. This was quickly followed by a series of dramatic actions, including the monster anti-trust fine on Alibaba and the crackdown on Didi, China's version of Uber, following the ride-hailer's IPO on Wall Street.
For many commentators, they will see China's new privacy laws as yet further example of China's heavy-handed clampdown on Big Tech. (boo hiss)
When the reality is that this new law is all about giving further protection to Chinese citizens and their data, whilst also putting up barriers to stop foreign-owned firms from being used as a back door route for spying.
Isn’t it ironic? Wereldberoemd expert op het gebied van eerlijkheid - Dan Ariely - wordt ervan verdacht valse onderzoeksgegevens te hebben gebruikt.
Het gaat om de beroemde eerlijkheidsstudie uit 2012. Een van de experimenten uit die studie zou hebben aangetoond dat wie vooraf, aan het begin van een document, een eerlijkheidsverklaring ondertekent eerlijker is over de kilometerstand van zijn of haar auto, dan wie die verklaring onderaan het document ondertekent.
Collega-wetenschappers analyseerden de gegevens achter de beroemde eerlijkheidsstudie en concluderen dat die ‘zonder enige twijfel’ vals zijn.
Het is niet de eerste keer dat er vraagtekens zijn bij onderzoek van Dan Ariely. Eerder claimde hij bijvoorbeeld dat mensen eerlijker zijn als ze aan de tien geboden denken, maar ook die resultaten konden niet worden gereproduceerd.
*** In kader van eerlijkheid: deze post kwam tot stand op basis van informatie afkomstig uit Ad Valvas, Volkskrant en EOS wetenschap. ***
Very interesting post! With the developed countries started to discuss “community driven innovation” or “community building” or “ecosystem business”, China and especially Digital China can be referred to as a very relevant case study!
In past months LinkedIn got flooded with meaningless feedback questions "Which is better A or B?" coming from various "UX" designers. 🙃
In 99% of cases, these polls don't show the full context or complete design, they don't mention the problem they're solving or their target audience.
This kind of "research" (if we can call it like this) will give you nothing other than the false feeling of finding the best solution and conformity. In addition, an image of an amateur who has no idea how the user research should be done.
I'm so glad that Nick Groeneveld put together this post and hopefully more people will read it. 👍
Anyone with any A/B testing experience will tell you that it doesn’t make much sense to ask for opinions. Even if the opionions belong to experts. Creating an effective interface isn’t about personal taste, it isn’t about what looks clean, it’s about what works. It’s about what helps your user to reach a certain goal. What might be interesting and helpful for learning is to ask for hypothesis instead of opinions. And use these in actual testing. Testing with real users performing realistic tasks with the interface. And for that you need the context and the goal..so I agree with Michal Langmajer, thanks for sharing
On 25th August, I will be hosted by the brilliant Gifty Andoh Appiah to talk about how Artificial Intelligence affects journalism in Africa. Looking forward to having a vibrant conversation with my co panelists as we consider AI for Society and Culture. I will be speaking on automated social media moderation, algorithmic bias and ethical concerns therein; as it relates to African journalism. The conference is organized by Alumni goes Africa, the DW Akademie pan-African Alumni network. #artificialintelligence#journalism#conference#africa
Finally started creating a -usable- VR* environment for the Oculus Quest. And well, I'm just trying to throw the ball into the basket. Not so easy.. I look forward to using this setup with my students and future projects.
*With a little help from the Unity3d Summer Course
IT’S A WRAP🎬 Today marks the end of an amazing half year during which I had the opportunity to develop in a 50/50 position within Communication and Employer Branding at MHP – A Porsche Company.
The past months have been a journey in the best way possible. Therefore, a massive THANK YOU goes to everyone within the Communication & Employer Branding Teams🙏🏼. Albeit digitally, you all have made my start and continued journey at MHP an easy one. You have shown real passion and commitment and have proven excellence in letting my learning journey peak to a maximum. Thanks for your continued trust and support, challenges and constructive feedback. You have absolutely exceeded in showing what the #OneTeam is all about 💙.
Special thanks go to my mentors Mallory McNally and Sarah Aigner. I appreciate you and everything you have done for me during these past months, a lot!
But the journey doesn’t stop here: I’m glad to be staying at MHP within Employer Branding for a little while longer 🚀.
Enabling you to shape a better tomorrow - onto the next round!
If that headline sounds familiar, it's because it's a favourite amongst mainstream media. Particularly on channels driving link clicks...
Whilst it may be a statement of fact, it completely hides the underlying truth, and the numbers that generate that headline figure are rarely, if ever, provided.
Here’s a good explanation as to why vaccine take-up influences the hospitalisation numbers, and what we are seeing is completely normal.
Do you think the media should be doing a better job to provide a fuller picture to it's viewers/readers?
Disruption is finally reaching the Ivory Tower. Utrecht University provides a great example of how transformation can be triggered by changing a core institutional practice (impact factor steering). Their new approach is daring and will be deemed reckless by many. But it is also the essence of leadership in deep, adventurous organizational change that will eventually lead to new conceptions of what it means to be a successful (research) academic.
“It’s always frightening to go first, so having institutions that break ground ahead of you is helpful.”
This policy change is a potential first step to disrupting and re-inventing the entire current academic system that stems from the middle ages. More turmoil and shake-out is to be expected before new blueprints for effective 21 century academia will emerge from the dust.
Great times for institutional change watchers. Who dares to be that critical 'first follower'....?
Disruption is finally reaching the Ivory Tower. Utrecht University provides a great example of how transformation can be triggered by changing a core institutional practice (impact factor steering). Their new approach is daring and will be deemed reckless by many. But it is also the essence of leadership in deep, adventurous organizational change that will eventually lead to new conceptions of what it means to be a successful (research) academic.
“It’s always frightening to go first, so having institutions that break ground ahead of you is helpful.”
This policy change is a potential first step to disrupting and re-inventing the entire current academic system that stems from the middle ages. More turmoil and shake-out is to be expected before new blueprints for effective 21 century academia will emerge from the dust.
Great times for institutional change watchers. Who dares to be that critical 'first follower'....?
Enjoy this great informative sessions by the Cordial World Foundation about data trusts. I believe that this is the next frontier of #web3 and #blockchain. Great thanks to our wonderful panelist!
"I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having a sceptical view, as long as you are sceptical about your own scepticism at the same time." Precies datgene wat ontbreekt aan het identiteitspolitieke gedachtengoed van beide vleugels. Mooie quote van Jan-Werner Müller, auteur van recent verschenen Democracy Rules (Nederlandse titel: Wat is echte democratie?). Interview en boek zijn nuttig leesvoer voor wie zich zorgen maakt over hoe er links en rechts tegen ons democratisch systeem wordt aan geschopt. Niet repareren en verbinden zijn doel, maar beschadigen en verdelen.
Curious about our project and do you have questions/remarks or do you know/are you a woman in Tech who might be interested in talking to us? Feel free to reach out :)
Curious about our project and do you have questions/remarks or do you know/are you a woman in Tech who might be interested in talking to us? Feel free to reach out :)
Super excited about our (Julia Luteijn and my) research and art project, Yin-Gemis, in which we research women’s perspectives on working in the tech industry. We are eager to see how women in tech overcome obstacles, how they feel about policies like the women's quota, their (work and personal) environment, and how they originally became involved in the tech sector.
With this project, we want to draw attention to their experiences and stories by conducting multiple interviews with women who have IT/tech-related jobs. This allows us to research and visualize a reflection of the current industry and to bring attention to the gender gap and bias by presenting women’s viewpoints in a single AI-generated narrative. #womenintech
Curious about our project and do you have questions/remarks or do you know/are you a woman in Tech who might be interested in talking to us? Feel free to reach out :)
Yessss! Earlier this month I officially graduated and received my Master’s of Science in Digital Design. 🎓🎓
What an intense year it was but definitely all worth it. I am so grateful to have met all these super talented designers who taught me a lot during the year. I am also very happy that I could take part in such interesting projects and challenge myself in new ways.
Extra thank you to all my new dear friends who supported me throughout the year, we made it!
This week I got the very exciting news that the NWO (Dutch Research Council) has granted me a 'teacher grant' for the next five years. This would mean that I get to do my PhD research part-time next to my teachings at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht). Hence, the purpose of my research is not only to contribute to the growing discourse of platform studies, but also to enhance my education at the Creative Business where I teach.
What is my research about? In a nutshell, I will investigate how big tech platforms (of companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook) shape users their subjectivity in contemporary surveillance cultures. By focusing on how users' attention is captured on these platforms, I plan to analyse what role platforms play in steering their subjectivity. I will do this by evaluating two things: how the blurring of truth and falsity on big tech platforms shapes users' subjective realities, while also examining how resistant practices by users on platforms (like DuckDuckGo) are helping users to gain more control over their subjectivity.
If the topic of my research interest you, and/or if you like to know more about it / have a conversation on the topic / celebrate this exciting news with me, feel free to reach out to me : )
Last week I graduated at Creative Business at the HU University of Applied Sciences with Honours. I want to thank Klaas Fleischmann for being an amazing supervisor throughout the entire graduation process, and Nicolle Lamerichs, PhD for all the encouragement and being an amazing support system throughout my Honours track!
So what's next?
I got accepted to Lund University in Sweden, where I will be studying the MSc International Marketing & Brand Management. At the same time, I will continue to work part-time as a marketing strategist for the client I wrote my thesis for, Cordial World Foundation, to help realise their role in Web 3.0.
As a Student Assistant at CB for 3 years, I got to know many students that I will have to say goodbye to. Lucky for me I am dragging one of them with me to Lund. You're not getting rid of me just yet AJ van Rossem!
Connected Impact is dé aanjager voor de digitale transformatie in onze huidige leefomgeving. In het tijdperk van een verdere #digitalisering is het aspect van intellectual impact door topvrouwen in tech, van essentieel belang. Vandaar dat BTG de Peergroup “Women in Tech” heeft opgericht. Deze “Women in Tech” laten in “Techtalks” onder leiding van Lieke Lamb, Trendwatcher en zeker geen onbekende op dit vlak, hun best practices zien en nemen ons mee in de wereld van de Techniek. In het onlangs verschenen “BTG In Business Magazine” stelt BTG deze “Women in Tech” aan ons voor. Hierna volgt een kleine greep uit de geïnterviewden en onderwerpen: Staatssecretaris Mona KeijzerMinisterie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat over de publiekprivate Taskforce Diversiteit en Inclusie in de Digitale Sector, Touria Meliani, Wethouder bij de Gemeente Amsterdam en Leonie van den Beuken, Program Director Amsterdam Smart City over ‘Amsterdam als Wise City.’ Marieke Snoep, Chief Business Market and Member Board of Management (RvB) van KPN over haar passie voor techniek. Angeline van Dijk, Directeur – Hoofdinspecteur bij Agentschap Telecom pleit voor uitbreiding van haar werkveld met onder meer #AI en #IoT en ook van koppeling met #energie en #cybersecurity.
Proud to be Asian! So happy and grateful that today we have role models like Pete Wu and great story tellers like 施表
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” - Charles Dickens
Pete, we are proud that you have paved the way for many less brave Asians who need role models like you. You have become role model for many lonely and not understand Asians. You have named the lack of representation of Asian in the Western media. You offer them a platform to be the new role models themself. Pete Wu#debananengeneratie#PrideAmsterdam#Gaypride#PAC#PanAsianCollectives
Dit is Quirine Eijkman. Zij is ondervoorzitter en zet zich in voor jouw #mensenrechten. In aflevering #6 van onze podcast ‘Het Vraagstuk’ vertelt zij meer over wat gemeenten kunnen doen om zo met algoritmen om te gaan dat burgers hun recht kunnen halen. https://spoti.fi/3wcUY6x
I'm delighted to announce my new position as a Junior Communication Officer at WHO Vietnam!
In such a time of urgency and uncertainty as we're in at the moment, I aspire to dedicate my skills, my passion to assist the agency in promoting health communication messages to the public, as well as in dealing with health issues, especially against the current Covid pandemic. Looking forward to being a part of this illustrious institution in protecting the people's health and welfare! #health#communication#worldhealthorganization
The missing plank in President Biden and EU plans is the fact today the single largest beneficiary of the BRI initiative is the EU, with a direct freight railway network to the EU from China.
Note Australia's PM Scott Morrison has expressed unbridled enthusiasm for the President Biden plan just like he did with President Trump's failed "Blue Dot" plan that was going to upstage the China BRI initiative, Trump's plan ended in tears.
This new BRI Goods Railway track cuts 5 to 7 weeks of current shipping times and is directly into over 200 major Chinese Cities.
The China/Europe Union has enabled the EU to take over a vast expansion of their produce, wine exports directly to over 200 cities in China from the EU, France is enjoying a massive increase in quality wine exports to China at the expense of Australia's winemakers past over $1bn per year wine trade exports.
Any of my professional designer connections have time to participate in our interview about your work practices? We’re seeking folks with at least 2 years of work experience and we’re recruiting some people who do not have experience with accessibility and some people who do. My student and I would appreciate your help! Thanks!
If you want the decision-makers to understand the ethical issues of facial recognition, you need to turn the table!
'The Flemish Scrollers' is software automatically tagging distracted Belgian politicians when they use their phone on the daily live streams.
Every meeting of the Flemish government in Belgium is live-streamed on a YouTube channel.
When a Livestream starts the software is searching for phones and tries to identify a distracted politician. This is done with the help of AI and face recognition.
✔I have recently started the "40 days of AI", I share some resources, tutorials, and books from beginner to intermediate. Please follow my posts here https://lnkd.in/gZu463X
Het lectoraat Digital Ethics doet onder andere onderzoek naar manieren waarop IT professionals meer aandacht kunnen geven aan de persoonlijke waarden van de directe en indirecte stakeholders van de digitale oplossingen die ze ontwerpen en implementeren. In het kader van dat onderzoek hebben we het instrument van de ‘ethical matrix’ ontwikkeld. Onlangs is tot onze vreugde een paper van Irene van der Spoel en mij over de impact van het gebruik van dit instrument op implementatie criteria voor online proctoring software gepubliceerd in de proceedings van de 34e editie van de Bled eConference (https://lnkd.in/dRiVuDP, rechtstreeks downloaden kan via https://lnkd.in/dQrHwWR). Wil je meer weten over de achtergrond van de ethical matrix, dan is ook het paper van Esther van der Stappen en mij over de ethical matrix in de proceedings van de 33e editie van de Bled eConference wellicht interessant https://lnkd.in/dcPPWA7 , rechtstreeks downloaden kan via: https://lnkd.in/dnx8jC9).
Goed interview met collega Erik Hekman over onze #masterDatadrivenDesign. Instroom van studenten uit binnen- èn buitenland neemt elk jaar toe en volgend studiejaar starten we met tenminste drie klassen. Daarmee bijdragend aan een nieuwe generatie van innovatieve professionals die de brug weten te slaan tussen #datascience en #designthinking: talenten die nieuwe kennis, toepassingen en werkwijzen ontwikkelen die organisaties helpen bij continue interactie met/tussen burgers, consumenten en professionals. Onze alumni blijken dan ook niet alleen zeer gewild in de topsector #creatieveindustrie maar ook in andere sectoren...
Goed interview met collega Erik Hekman over onze #masterDatadrivenDesign. Instroom van studenten uit binnen- èn buitenland neemt elk jaar toe en volgend studiejaar starten we met tenminste drie klassen. Daarmee bijdragend aan een nieuwe generatie van innovatieve professionals die de brug weten te slaan tussen #datascience en #designthinking: talenten die nieuwe kennis, toepassingen en werkwijzen ontwikkelen die organisaties helpen bij continue interactie met/tussen burgers, consumenten en professionals. Onze alumni blijken dan ook niet alleen zeer gewild in de topsector #creatieveindustrie maar ook in andere sectoren...
Coronaproof afgerond met onze inspirirende directeur van het Instituut voor Media Hans de Clercq . Verschillende van deze talenten staan nog open voor interessante freelance of stageplekken😉 Dus heb je een uitdaging? Ik hoor het graag in de comments👍 Dank aan alle docenten en special credits to Maaike Severijnen, Mirjam Janssen, Toine Kamphuis en Sander Koenen! Dank Leonie Linotte voor de prachtige foto’s en Sjoerd Kaandorp voor de PITCH vormgeving! De volgende lichting start in september en al vol maar er is nog ruimte voor de lichting in 2022!
Together with my colleague Joanna Pisarczyk we gave a workshop on data bias for students in the minor Big Data at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht. We took a critical look at different examples and discussed causes but also potential solutions with the students. Check the link below for a short summary: https://lnkd.in/ga8Xt3Y
Deze training voor professionals heeft: - 2 interactieve, online bijeenkomsten in oktober; - Een uitgebreide kennismaking met De Ethische Data Assistent (DEDA); - Andere concrete handvatten om data ethiek in je organisatie toe te passen; - Aansprekende praktijkvoorbeelden over dataprojecten: waarbij het goed én fout is gegaan op ethisch gebied; - Kennisdeling met andere professionals.
Een greep uit de reacties op de vorige editie: "Ik vond het erg interessant en leerzaam om de DEDA op deze manier te doorlopen. Ik ga hem zeker gebruiken in de toekomst bij de data-experimenten die we gaan opzetten."
Yesterday, Nicola Collister shared a Telegraph article that outlines a decline in service standards, and laid the blame on the rise of AI and bots in the service process.
Nicola is more measured than I am. So I'll just say what I think.
Bots are rubbish!
I believe that the optimal model involves Human Agents, being assisted by AI and Automation, supporting customers who need help.
I don’t think I’ve had an automated experience that has outperformed a person doing the same job, and I think that should be the bar from a CUSTOMER experience perspective.
When a bot does a slightly worse to much worse job than an agent, all the benefits are only with the brand that’s deflecting the contact.
(Oh, and just because you have 20 minute hold times to get through to a human on the phone doesn’t make a poor chat bot any better).
Do you agree with this? Or can you fight the corner of automated customer service?
I’ll link the original post in comments for reference
Together with my colleague Joanna Pisarczyk we gave a workshop on data bias for students in the minor Big Data at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht. We took a critical look at different examples and discussed causes but also potential solutions with the students. Check the link below for a short summary: https://lnkd.in/ga8Xt3Y
Today I am in Brussels all day for the recordings of the European AI Forum. Very nice to finally meet my counterparts from Germany (Daniel Abbou) and France (Gaëlle Pinson) in real life!
THE BIGGEST #TAKEAWAY is promising myself not to stay in the comfort zone again.
Back to the initial step of this journey is connected to #Gamification. The seed of this journey has started with Ercan Altuğ YILMAZ's gamification hackhathon in 2018 where I expanded my vision and network. Then meeting with Edward Bongers, who has been extremely motivating and helping me since 2019 then Erik Hekman who accepted me for the master program where my transformation has started.
Bots are to Blame - I read this article (see link at the bottom of this post) in the Telegraph by Sir John Timpson - Chairman of the High Street retailer Timpson about the decline in Customer Services in the UK with great interest.
John compares experience at the start of Covid where he felt there was an improvement in service with people and an overwhelming feeling of goodwill, to one now where it is he talks about poor communication and people being 'hung out to dry' by companies and having no chance to speak to a person.
Over the last few weeks, I have seen a lot of posts from connections on linked in sharing their woes of not being able to get through to companies and/or when they do that the experience leaves a lot to be desired - tales of deceased relatives and when trying to sort accounts out, having to go through a horrendous process with no emotion or empathy what so ever.
It is forecasted that by ONS that 55%+ of Service Jobs could be at risk from automation or AI - do we believe this statistic ??
I recently had a conversation with an Exec of a large UK retailer who commented that experiences with 'Bots' wasn't great yet there is a desire to reduce the costs of service.
I also chaired an event, where a very large UK Utility retailer talked about the changes they have made prior to and also during Covid on designing the right self help, communications, use of bots for both customer and colleague help - which has resulted in a step change in their NPS.
So the BIG QUESTION - Do you believe that Bots are the Blame? Or are there other factors at play? 😱 Poorly designed experiences that are disjointed? ⚖️ Investment not being made in designing and delivering the right experiences? 🛠 Failures in other parts of the business (customer journey) that are not being exposed or managed? 💵 Execs that don't really care about the experience? 😨 Technology not fit for purpose?
Having been in the Service Sector for over 25 years, I am sad to see the current state of affairs and surely Bots are not the root of this issue - keen to get your views - post your comments in the comments.
“White papers are a way the government can present policy preferences before it introduces legislation. Publishing a white paper tests public opinion on controversial policy issues and helps the government gauge its probable impact.” Wikipedia on Whitepaper
🎙️ During Panel 1 "The #AI Act - the future foundation of the #europeanunion ’s AI ecosystem?", let’s really get under the hood and understand what is behind the proposed regulation.
To do so, we are honoured to have such a fabulous line-up of speakers : 🇪🇺 Nicola Beer, Vice President of the European Parliament 🇪🇺 Kilian Gross, Head of AI Policy Development & Coordination Unit European Commission 🇸🇮 Tadej Rupel, National Coordinator for External Aspects of Digitalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director, Standford University
💡 Want to set the agenda on how AI is approached in Europe and the path forward for European AI innovation?
The staff exchange in Athens for the establishment of the OSS in Dortmund was successful! Together with two other colleagues we got a good impression of the work on site. Many thanks to our hosts and to Eurocities for this fantastic opportunity! #Dortmund#Athens#MigrationWorks#OSS
Our Utrecht Data School summer school "Exploring Culture through Data" provides you with an introduction to data analysis and digital methods. Our instructors help you to tackle the first steep learning curve in collecting data, cleaning data, analyzing data w. Python and visualize data w. Tableau. As they say: "Don’t be scared. You don’t need prior skills in data methods. Do you have a strong willingness to learn? Perfect. You definitely will learn a lot."
Abstract of the talk: While earlier research has provided support for the effectiveness of creativity training in enhancing creativity, the focus is mainly on examining comprehensive training programs that are comprised of various training techniques rather than focusing on any specific techniques. It remains unclear whether the combined effects of techniques led to the improvement or whether one technique within the package was sufficient for the training success. Also, questions like which training technique is more beneficial for generating original ideas, and which training technique enhances cognitive flexibility remain unanswered. In a previous study, we made an attempt to fill in these research gaps by examining the effectiveness of four cognitive-based creativity training techniques (SCAMPER, random connection, schema violation, and simple ideation). In this seminar, I will talk about whether and how these training techniques involving different cognitive processes that underlie creativity differ in the type of creative performance they enhance.
For more information about the series of UPCE seminars, the schedule and ZOOM-links please visit: www.upce.org
3 jaar, 3 opleidingen, 3 scripties en het zit er nu toch wel echt op.🌟Ontzettend veel geleerd, mega erg gegroeid en heel veel zin in wat er komen gaat. En dit is niet het enige goede nieuws. Waaat, nog meer? Ja zeker, namelijk: een nieuwe baan! Per 1 juli mag ik doorgroeien binnen Dept Agency als Junior Copywriter in het Content Team. Erg blij met/dankbaar voor deze kans. Ik heb er zin in!👩🏻💻
Last week, on our TMAC Talks networking event, I was asked the question about adjusting data biases when it comes to ethnicity.
I spoke briefly about my own journey on this subject, and my realisation that inequality of outcome is rarely based on single attributes.
However, one really good book about data bias and bad outcomes is ‘Invisible Women’ by Caroline Criado Perez.
I stumbled upon the book, as the person on the train next to me was reading it, and it’s a good appraisal over how over-representation of men in studies has led to medicines, safety equipment and more ill-suited and even damaging to 50% of the population.
#CreativityinEducation A new UPCE seminar as for the assessment of creativity given by Dr. Mathias Benedek. Join us on 17th June at 16:00 and share your insights!
Highly interesting green heating 🇸🇪🇳🇱event today with the presence of Swedish State secretary Krister Nilsson, Ambassador Annika Markovic and Stockholm Exergy, Vattenfall and many more. #districtheating#greentranstion#dutchswedishinnovation
Tomorrow at 12.15, I am going to defend my dissertation "Divergent thinking in young children"!
Writing articles in English, collecting and analyzing data in Dutch, and of course, thinking often in Chinese and sometimes talk to families in Min (闽南语)...The experience of doing a PhD in the Netherlands has been valuable but sometimes also challenging, challenging in a sense that you easily forget there is a bigger world beside the PhD. Thus, having local and/or outside-of-work contact with people is really important to keep a healthy mind.
Yet, it's not always easy for international, particularly under-funded, PhD's to build up such a local social network on their own. Therefore, together with my two paranymphy's Marije Stolte and Spark van Beurden, we want to start an initiative that can actively facilitate newly-arrived, especially under-funded, international PhD’s to build up their local social network, as preventive measures to promote the wellbeing of these PhD’s during their trajectories. #PhDandMentalDistress
If you share our concerns of international PhD’s wellbeing and our initiative of helping reducing their social-isolating experience, please consider to contribute to our seed-money for this initiative via this link: https://gofund.me/95bd4f4c . We really appreciate your contribution!
Two great ambassadors for Stromma Netherlands i met today in Captain Hans and Art and Architecture scholar and guide Willemijn. Many thanks for the perfect guiding and many thanks Carola Hoekstra for hosting!
De afgelopen zes maanden heb ik een website gebouwd waarin je allerlei basistechnieken kunt leren tegen hacks op sociale op media. Geïnteresseerd in wat je al weet? Doe dan de test op de website! Daarnaast vindt je ook wat je kan doen als je al gehackt bent. Je kunt het vinden op www.thesocialsecurity.nl
Nu is het tijd voor de volgende stap! Ik ga vanaf juli aan de slag met mijn eerste echte kantoorbaan als Junior SEO Consultant bij Fosby. Daar ga ik allerlei nieuwe dingen leren over hoe ik een website het beste kan laten weergeven in Google en presenteren voor webbezoekers. Hier heb ik ontzettend veel zin in en ga ik dus deze zomer lekker aan de slag!
Great to be part of The One Club for Creativity global #creativeweek happening June 7 - 11 #国际创意周
Come hear me speak about "New Tech for Real Progress" tomorrow (8 June) as part of the Main Stage! When registering for your Creative Week Pass, use Wang10 for 10% off! Register now: https://lnkd.in/g8iSh6D
I am researching data stories for my master’s and I would like to ask you for help. Please open the link below on your mobile phone and fill in the survey; it takes around 10-15 minutes to complete and it is fully anonymous.
Zojuist bij het NPO Innovatiefestival mogen optreden. We hebben oa gesproken over democratie, digitalisering en de rol van de media en techbedrijven. Bij mij is blijven hangen dat we de media sector/ creatieve sector en de tech-communities nog veel nauwer zouden moeten laten samenwerken. En wat was het heerlijk om met leuke, slimme mensen op locatie in gesprek te kunnen. Laat de fysieke events maar komen!
To discover your Ikigai, you must first find what you’re most passionate about. Then, you find the medium through which you can express that passion.
Steve Jobs is a fantastic example of this idea. It’s easy to think of Jobs as a titan of technology, but that would be inaccurate. Jobs was a lover of fine craftsmanship, first and foremost.
Whether it was a matter of collecting handmade Japanese tea cups or obsessing over design details of various products, he wrapped himself in his passion for finely made items.
Apple and Pixar were merely his chosen mediums of expression.
Come hear me speak about "New Tech for Real Progress" on June 8 as part of the Main Stage! When registering for your Creative Week Pass, use Wang10 for 10% off! Register now: https://lnkd.in/g8iSh6D
Check here for what new tech can do for real progress and real change: www.straightfire.space
Hoe leg je de resultaten van AI en machine learning uit? Als je bij een bedrijf werkt dat zich hiermee bezig houdt, dan zijn deze collega's erg benieuwd naar je antwoord in deze korte enquête!
--English-- The research group AI of the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht is conducting a study on Explainable Artificial Intelligence. If you work at a company that works with AI (machine learning or data science), you can help our research by completing this 5-minute survey: https://lnkd.in/dNGUeEJ Thanks in advance feel free to contact us!
Interested to learn more about #ArtificialIntelligence in the Netherlands? The event “Expanding your AI business to the Netherlands: a deep dive into the Dutch #AI landscape” will offer insights into the Netherlands as destination for European AI companies. What are the trends, opportunities and challenges and what have been the experiences of other companies? What are the benefits of joining the Dutch market and how can you do so?
After the program, there will be a networking event and possibility for 1-on-1 meetings with various organizations in the Netherlands. During the event, there will be room for questions from the audience.
**Monthly lunch seminar series on “Digital matters”**
Title: Seeing History. Using Computer Vision to Study Historical Images. Date and time: Friday June 4th, 2021. 13:30-14:30
Speaker: Melvin Wevers is an Assistant Professor in Digital History at the University of Amsterdam.
Abstract: In recent years, the use of the term AI in and outside of academia has exploded. Developments in neural network architectures have made it easier to train artificial intelligence models to recognize objects in images, also known as Computer Vision, with higher accuracy and precision. These models have led to innovations in self-driving cars as well as implementations that benefit surveillance practices. At the same time, these developments have found their way into humanities and social science research. Yet, as humanists and social scientists started to use these technologies, they soon pointed out that they are by no means neutral or objective. Computer Vision models were prone to have cultural and historical biases encoded into them. Was this caused by the data used to train them, an algorithmic flaw, or by the way they were used? Others have pointed out that the complexity of culture cannot be reduced to simple ontologies of objects detached from their context.
In this talk, I will briefly discuss what neural networks are and how they are trained, how I have used them for historical research, their shortcomings, and how they could be improved to better serve historical research.
I am a huge fan of Mr. Michael Palin and Monty Python. Check my previous post about Chinese younger generation opposing algorithms https://lnkd.in/gWeTs6n
Data-driven technology has the potential to make a positive difference in many people's lives, including minorities with disabilities. However, it can also exacerbate existing or create new inequalities. We interviewed Dr. Cynthia Bennett, researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, to discuss data bias and exclusion in tech but also where we should start for finding solutions - listen to the interview here: https://lnkd.in/gmpwPGb#technology#data#ai#databias
Cor Knoester, Fatiha Alitou, Paul Suijkerbuijk Dennis doet momenteel onderzoek naar datagedreven werken. Zou hij contact met jullie kunnen opnemen voor een interview ihkv dat onderzoek?
Data-driven technology has the potential to make a positive difference in many people's lives, including minorities with disabilities. However, it can also exacerbate existing or create new inequalities. We interviewed Dr. Cynthia Bennett, researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, to discuss data bias and exclusion in tech but also where we should start for finding solutions - listen to the interview here: https://lnkd.in/gmpwPGb#technology#data#ai#databias
Cor Knoester, Fatiha Alitou, Paul Suijkerbuijk Dennis doet momenteel onderzoek naar datagedreven werken. Zou hij contact met jullie kunnen opnemen voor een interview ihkv dat onderzoek?
Coen van de Ven en Rosa van Gool van De Groene Amsterdammer lieten samen met de Utrecht Data School voor het eerst zien hoe Instagram een vehikel voor complotdenken kan zijn. Complotdenkers van de oude stempel blijken online samen te smelten met hippe influencers met een miljoenenbereik. Hoe hebben zij dit onderzoek aangepakt? Hoe kun je Instagram analyseren hoe complottheorieën zich verspreiden? Hoe breng je netwerken in kaart en hoe visualiseer je dat?
In aanloop naar de Loepuitreiking op 11 juni 2021 gaat de VVOJ genomineerde producties uitlichten. Dit gaan we doen door online VVOJ-cafés. De makers worden door Sanne Terlingen en Evert De Vos geïnterviewd over hun onderzoek en het publiek kan lui meeluisteren of actief vragen stellen.
Donderdagavond 27 mei is het de beurt aan de genomineerden voor de ASN Aanmoedigingsprijs. Meld je hier aan: https://lnkd.in/gg-XedG
I am excited to announce that on June 4th (10:30) I will defend my PhD thesis titled “Dreaming with data: assembling responsible knowledge practices in data-driven healthcare”.
Big data and machine learning technology often come with dreams to fundamentally change knowledge practices in healthcare for the better. The hope is that based on big data and machine learning, we can make better predictions, smarter decisions and develop personalized interventions. In my dissertation, I studied what happens when such dreams become drivers for concrete initiatives in healthcare. I used a combination of qualitative research methods to shed light on the question: how do actors construct responsible knowledge practices in data-driven healthcare?
I would like to thank Antoinette de Bont and Rik Wehrens for their support and supervision! And all the other 162 people that played a crucial role in creating this dissertation. Your considerable influence is visualized on the cover by the talented Suze Swarte.
If you like to receive the PDF or are interested in watching the defense online, don't hesitate to send me a message or e-mail marthe.stevens@ru.nl!
In onze data bias missie hebben we een nieuw item. Een podcast over databias. Uitsluiting in technologie en het vinden van oplossingen. Huidige datagestuurde technologieën kunnen nieuwe ongelijkheden creëren of bestaande ongelijkheden verergeren. Dennis Nguyen gaat in gesprek met dr. Cynthia Bennett een postdoctoraal onderzoeker aan de Carnegie Mellon University in de VS https://lnkd.in/eyQvNcC
Data-driven technology has the potential to make a positive difference in many people's lives, including minorities with disabilities. However, it can also exacerbate existing or create new inequalities. We interviewed Dr. Cynthia Bennett, researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, to discuss data bias and exclusion in tech but also where we should start for finding solutions - listen to the interview here: https://lnkd.in/gmpwPGb#technology#data#ai#databias
Ben jij werkzaam in de zorg of welzijn in de wijk 𝐎𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥 (Utrecht), 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐣𝐧 (Utrecht), 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 (Amersfoort) of in de gemeente 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠? Dan zoeken we jou!
Voor ons FRIEND onderzoek naar de implementatie van valpreventie brengen we 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 rondom valpreventie in kaart. Hiermee kan je ons helpen door het invullen van een vragenlijst. Deze kan je via onderstaande link invullen, dit duurt ongeveer 15 minuten.
Oud-stagiair Nienke keerde na haar studie terug als Frontend Developer. Waarom koos ze opnieuw voor Netvlies en hoe is het om als young professional in een dynamische, zelfsturende omgeving te werken? 👉 Lees het hier: https://netvli.es/nienke
A long article but definitely worth the time. Reads like McCluhan's theory of narcosis and autoamputation in practice. What does #workingfromhome mean for our bodies? "What the computer did was make the work so routine, so boring, so mindless, clerical workers had to physically exert themselves to be able to focus on what they were even doing. This transition, from work being about the application of knowledge to work being about the application of attention, turned out to have profound physical and psychological impact... " #computerpain#commstheory#work#learning#like
#NFT#nftart Bei Wang 王蓓 from Straight Fire the Netherlands, Hao Tang from California USA, and Reva from China will talk about NFT and NFT arts at 17:00 (CEST)/8:00 (PDT)/ 23:00(CST) on 22 May 2021.
Nᴏ Rᴇsᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ is an initiative by @Krea to create a forum where matters pertinent to the contemporary art scene and society are discussed by guest speakers. And thanks to Soyun Park validating my n00b opinions on art, I was one of those speakers for their very first episode! 🎥
We discussed all things new media - from creative machines, to 'white cube' spaces, the struggles of storing digital artwork, and the viewer as a participant. It was so lovely meeting everyone (Soyun, Esra Özkan, Olof van Winden, Kaan Yazıcı & Sofia Vieira) and learning from their perspectives. And thankfully I had a few opinions to add like the one in this snippet 😊
The mysterious death of a Chengdu student has been dominating Chinese social media discussions for days, with many theories emerging on what might have happened to him. A reconstruction video that was published earlier today seems to provide some answers. Read:
Let's face it, the urgent needs to attract/engage Chinese tourists and covid pandemic crisis certainly helped to accelerate the digitalisation of European museums and galleries.
But to be truly future-proof, European #glam (galleries, libraries, achieves and museums) needs to take the driver's seat of #innovation and #creativebusiness
As the great Leonardo da Vinci said: "To develop a complete mind, study the science of art; study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. "
For my graduation from the Master Data-Driven Design I am creating a social matching system that aims to help lonely young adults form social connections. For this social matching system I need user profiles that contain people’s personality traits and interests etc. Since this is personal data, there are not many existing data sets that I can use or data that I am allowed to collect. That is why I collect my own data through a survey. This data will serve as data to more validly test the performance and quality of my matching system (recommendation system).
Are you between 16-24? Then I would like to ask you to fill in my survey. It would be very helpful! 😄
I’ll admit it. Being off WhatsApp isn’t easy in 2021. I can imagine many of you are wondering how it’s even possible - especially given the fact that so many have experienced the entirity of their human interaction being mediated through a pane of handheld glass since the start of this decade. But for those of you who are curious as to whether it’s possible to live a fully functioning life off WhatsApp - I can assure you it is indeed - and there are some important reasons why it even might be a good idea.
What follows is my list of 5 principled reasons why it’s best to say ‘what’s up?’ anywhere but on WhatsApp:
Hello everyone! Asking for your help with my MA supervisee research! if you are a Nintendo fan (or just really like Nintendo in general) and is willing to be interviewed for his very cool research project, please contact him!
In my thesis I am particularly interested in understanding how nostalgia manifests in the identities of Nintendo fans. I picked Nintendo as the specific case in my thesis as in my opinion it is a great example of brands that are surrounded by nostalgic elements, which in return impact the culture and image of the brand and the communities based around it. Additionally, Nintendo is simply a fascinating example to take in a branding perspective and I believe that it has a designated place in everyone's heart who has had some experience with the company in the past.
If you, or someone you know, would be interested in sharing your experiences with Nintendo (and related products/franchises) and the fandom surrounding it, then feel free to send me a message here on LinkedIn or via my school email at 449271bv@eur.nl. The interview would range between 45-60 minutes and would be held in an online environment of the participant's choice.
Hello everyone! Asking for your help with my MA supervisee research! if you are a Nintendo fan (or just really like Nintendo in general) and is willing to be interviewed for his very cool research project, please contact him!
In my thesis I am particularly interested in understanding how nostalgia manifests in the identities of Nintendo fans. I picked Nintendo as the specific case in my thesis as in my opinion it is a great example of brands that are surrounded by nostalgic elements, which in return impact the culture and image of the brand and the communities based around it. Additionally, Nintendo is simply a fascinating example to take in a branding perspective and I believe that it has a designated place in everyone's heart who has had some experience with the company in the past.
If you, or someone you know, would be interested in sharing your experiences with Nintendo (and related products/franchises) and the fandom surrounding it, then feel free to send me a message here on LinkedIn or via my school email at 449271bv@eur.nl. The interview would range between 45-60 minutes and would be held in an online environment of the participant's choice.
The graduation project of the Master programme Data-driven Design gives me the opportunity to develop a platform to bring us, creatives of the African diaspora, together, so we can expand our identities. Therefore I'm collecting data that will drive the platform to make the best matches! Will you help me by filling in this survey?
ps. This won't be just another virtual event with talks, but will be centered around facilitating conversations within the Dutch HCI community, and building bridges with the greater HCI landscape. 🚀
Privacyupdate: Besteedt u als organisatie weleens processen of activiteiten uit waarbij persoonsgegevens van bijvoorbeeld klanten of medewerkers worden verwerkt? Zorg dan dat u uw verwerkersovereenkomsten op orde heeft: https://lnkd.in/dfSJgpf
At the HEMD research group we are constantly asking ourselves how technology can make a positive impact. One area in which innovation offers benefits is education. My colleague Simone de Droog investigates how VR can change education and interviewed an expert in the field - find out more below (in Dutch):
VR kan de fysieke school niet vervangen, maar het wordt er wel leuker op! Kijk even ‘letterlijk’ door de VR bril tijdens dit interview met Tom Aerts (VR in School):
In China, businesses are forcing customers to use facial recognition scanners. But Guo Bing is fighting to outlaw the practice — by taking his local safari park to court.
In China, businesses are forcing customers to use facial recognition scanners. But Guo Bing is fighting to outlaw the practice — by taking his local safari park to court.
We recorded last week and I’m so excited for it to air! I selfishly think there’s something for everyone, but I especially hope that Accessibility professionals, academics, students, and people with disabilities tune in!
Future Date is a community-led conference on #accessibility and #InclusiveDesign. It's free, captioned, with ASL interpretation. No registration required. You can subscribe to our YouTube channel and get a reminder before the start time. More announcements throughout the day!
🇪🇺 Wil je meer weten over het onlangs uitgebrachte voorstel over #AI regulatie? We nodigen je graag uit voor een gesprek met de Europese Commissie hierover. #AIregulation#Europe.
📣 Een van de hoofdrolspelers achter dit voorstel is Kilian Gross, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Policy Development and Coordination Unit. Aan hem zullen we onze vragen stellen. Heb je zelf vragen over de voorgestelde AI regulatie? Plaats ze dan alvast in de comments en misschien komen deze dan aan bod.
Fascinerende studie stelt dat - alhoewel minder vaak beter is - we default de neiging hebben iets toe te voegen in plaats van weg te halen. Dit kan - zo stellen de auteurs - een van de redenen zijn waarom we moeite hebben schadelijke effecten op onze aarde te verminderen (en ook waarom we overbelaste schema's hebben en veel te veel institutionele administratieve rompslomp).
Dus ook al weten we dat toevoegen niet per se beter is, we vinden het lastig om iets te verbeteren door te verminderen. Dat het adagio ‘the bigger the better’ vrij hardnekkig is zien we op veel terreinen terug; denk bijvoorbeeld aan extra wegen om files op te lossen, nog meer regels om de wereld veiliger te maken en overvolle supermarkten om klanten lekker veel keuze te geven.
Wanneer het ons lukt de neiging tot toevoegen te onderdrukken en vaker de (soms superieure) optie ‘minder’ te overwegen, creëren we mogelijk kansen om ons leven meer voldoening te geven, instellingen effectiever te laten functioneren en onze aarde leefbaarder te maken. ✅
New Tech Monitor analysis reveals that pharmaceutical companies lead on AI governance thanks to robust ethics processes, while energy and (worryingly) tech providers lag behind. While there is increasing awareness of the importance of AI ethics, the approach at enterprise level still tends to be high level, says Nigel Crook, professor of AI and robotics at Oxford Brookes University.
“[Companies] will talk about things like transparency of AI and eliminating bias without really understanding how difficult both of those things can be,” he says. “Having a policy that says you will do it is one thing. But having the competence to understand how to develop systems and deploy them within your organisation, so that they are truly transparent and unfair bias is minimised, is actually really hard.”
User experience design (UX) shapes the ways in which we interact with digital technology and through it with each other. Designers create the interfaces that connect us. Sometimes, biases and forms of exclusion can creep into the design processes and have undesirable effects on users. In this article I explore how practitioners in the UX profession critically discuss these challenges: https://lnkd.in/gE8_Yjd
Hi! Is anyone here doing a university study within the field of tech? I would love to get in contact with you for my graduation project. Would be grateful 🙏
Dear network, help me graduate, help mij afstuderen! It would help me enormously if you are willing to fill in my questionnaire. For English, please scroll down. Het zou mij enorm helpen als jij mijn vragenlijst kunt invullen!
Ervaring of affiniteit met mindfulness is niet noodzakelijk voor deelname aan dit onderzoek. Ik zoek respondenten van 18 jaar of ouder. Het invullen van de vragenlijst duurt ongeveer 15-20 minuten. Jouw grote tijdsinvestering helpt mij in het beantwoorden van mijn onderzoeksvragen.
Alvast hartelijk dank en het zou fijn zijn als je dit kunt delen met je netwerk. Link naar de Nederlandse vragenlijst: https://lnkd.in/gpNKxjv ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neither experience nor an affinity with mindfulness are required for participating in this study. I am looking for respondents of at least 18 years of age. The questionnaire takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. Your large time investment helps me answer my research questions.
Thank you in advance and it would be nice if you could share this with your network. Link to the English questionnaire: https://lnkd.in/g7KPNXq
Evelyn Bekooij-Westerhoudt MSc Master's student in Clinical Psychology, communication teacher, sports and resilience trainer
The AiNed investment programme for artificial intelligence run by Nederlandse AI Coalitie | NL AIC is getting 276 million euros as one of the innovation proposals that the National Growth Fund will be backing. On this page, we take you through the broad lines of the aims of the AiNed National Growth Fund Investment Programme for 2021 – 2027 and the approach used for it. #AI
A great day! And of course I am very pleased with the focus on European cooperation in the allocation of the funds. 🙌🏼🔥
The AiNed investment program Artificial Intelligence of the Nederlandse AI Coalitie | NL AIC will receive 276 million euros as one of the approved innovation proposals from the National Growth Fund. The decision of the advisory committee chaired by Jeroen Dijsselbloem was adopted by the Council of Ministers today. This includes the granting of 5 proposals for research and innovation submitted by State Secretary Mona Keijzer (Economic Affairs and Climate) on behalf of collaborating companies, knowledge institutions and governments, including NL AIC.
We live in a digital world fueled by data. In my next article of the Go Digital series, we explore my data, your data and our data as it is captured, exchanged, traded for products and services, and monetised by digital service providers. The accessibility to tools crafted from next-generation #digital technologies, is enabling more organisations to gain #insights into #data and extract #value for their business.
However, when I decide to interact with a service provider digitally, I consciously give permission for my personal data to be used to provide me with the services I expect in a #fair, #ethical, #lawful, #secure, #confidential, #transparent, and #accurate manner. I also trust the service provider to be #accountable for the protection and privacy of my personal data. I understand the need for them to be able to use my personal data to provide me with exceptional #service and value, in return for my #trust.
I will also be sharing some of my thoughts on this at next week's BrightTALK AI in FinTech event.
Katie King, MBA: Since you will be speaking about AI and The Age of Data in The Third Thursday Event next week, what are your thoughts?
Are you a scientist working in The Netherlands and can give me 20 minutes of your time? I could use your help! Please fill out this survey on current practices, motivations, and limitations on your science communication to non-scientists #scicomm#surveys#SpreadTheWord
I've been studying Google for quite some time, and recently was interviewed about the state of Google critique and search engines as objects of study. Well formulated questions by Cristian Norocel,
“Asia-hate and all kinds of racism have no place in loving society Riedberg” 👏 — statement from German parties CDU, Grüne, local advisory boards and police station
what happened? Yesterday As usual I was jogging around our Loving society Riedberg(a 13 years young multi-cultural district in Frankfurt, peaceful from day1) all of sudden I was stopped from a shock by a bold racist graffiti on the bridge in our park
“Chinese go home”😳😳 I shared immediately my deep concerns with German friends, hour later I was called by a Friend from CDU local advisory board with the message:his board alerts the local police station and park authority, investigation is started and they got approval to cover the racism temporarily
Another Hour later Madam Lang and Mr Mueller covered the racist graffiti 🙏🏼 they are heros! Today The local Magazin main-Riedberg published the statement from local political parties and condem all kinds of racism! From reporting until fixing only hours in between! a clear message as stated at beginning!
I salute all people for fighting against racism! Also Appeal to all Chinese fellows: be rational while protecting own right no matter where🙏🏼
I am 23 years old and I come from Germany. I first fell in love with Utrecht about 5 years ago while visiting an Open Day at the Hogeschool Utrecht. I moved here in the summer of 2016 and started my Bachelor Program "Creative Business". When graduating with a Bachelor of Arts last summer, I did not need to look far for a suitable Master Program. The Data-Driven Design Master is a great study to expand my knowledge about digital transformation and gain new skills like programming in Python.
While I would choose this Master again any day, like in any other study, there is always room for improvement. That's why I decided to become a student member of the Study Program Committee. Together we gather student's feedback on the courses and try to enhance them however possible.
De AP legt Booking.com een boete op van 475.000 euro omdat het een #datalek te laat meldde bij de AP. Bij het datalek maakten criminelen persoonsgegevens van ruim 4.000 klanten buit, waaronder creditcardgegevens van bijna 300 slachtoffers. https://lnkd.in/gCViEaJ
Patents. Once a means to foster innovation, now have become a necessity, to protect open progress for all of us. The world turned upside down, like we see with many things we call "progress."
I am glad to see Lisk joining an initiative like the COPA - Crypto Open Patent Alliance.
"In combining their cryptocurrency-related patents, COPA members create a patent library, designed to directly combat offensive use of patents which stifle innovation and industry growth."
"As a member of the alliance, #Lisk will make a pledge to never use their crypto patents against anyone, except for defensive purposes, making these patents free for all to use."
What happens when you put a team of CS students and Advertising students together for a semester to tackle a real world problem? I believe they will shape our future. Multidisciplinary project-based learning at work!
Commenting on the award, alva's Founder and CEO, Alberto Lopez Valenzuela said: “In today’s world, stakeholders have the capacity to determine what is material for a company. At alva we have spent the last 10 years creating and perfecting a more nuanced way of measuring stakeholder perceptions and their impact with our Stakeholder Intelligence. We’re very proud to win this award in recognition of the strength of our vision and our unique technological approach.”
A big thank you to all the alva team past and present, as well as our many clients and partners that have supported us over the years.
Heeft uw organisatie te maken met een #datalek? Dan is het belangrijk dat u snel in actie komt. Met dit stappenplan helpen we u op weg: https://lnkd.in/gCie-ev
Die Studienergebnisse meiner Masterarbeit zum Thema soziale Kompetenzen im Topsharing (Jobsharing auf Führungsebene) wurden im Themenheft der WIRTSCHAFTSPSYCHOLOGIE (4-2020/1-2021) publiziert!
Happy and proud to have my first publication in a psychology journal! A scientific paper on the research I did for my master thesis about social competencies in topsharing (jobsharing on leadership level).
Data bias and algorithmic discrimination are complex challenges that have diverse social, cultural, and technical causes. One field in which their impact can be very harmful is the healthcare sector. We talked to a U.S.-based expert in healthcare AI to understand the problem a bit better: https://lnkd.in/gCQ7k4Y#ai#healthcare#data#databias
Annemarie Van de Weert & Quirine Eijkman (2021), Reconsidering Early Detection in Countering Radicalization by Local Frontline Professionals, Terrorism and Political Violence, 33:2, 397-408, DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2021.1880237
People who know me probably can guess the answer but it's interesting to take a minute to open the link to this research paper that scored a C. https://lnkd.in/dEjftSe
Is this research paper that scored a C [https://www.eduref.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GPT-3_research_methods.pdf] written by
China Poised To Dominate The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Market
#China has extremely ambitious plans to lead the world in #artificial#intelligence (#AI). Here, we take a look at why China is poised to lead the global AI market and introduce some of the key players in the #Chinese AI space.
Anyone interested in presenting in this seminar series, suggesting topics or any other questions you can email me at adina.nerghes@wur.nl or send me a private message here on LinkedIn.
Want to join? Send me an email at adina.nerghes@wur.nl or send me a private message here on LinkedIn.
Call for Papers: Special Issue in the Public Relations Review
Dear colleagues and friends,
I would like to invite you to submit to the special issue on "the spillover effect of crises on organizations and individuals" in the Public Relations Review. Daniel Laufer, Associate Professor at Victoria University of Wellington and I will co-edit the special issue.
Crisis contagion is an important research topic which has been underrepresented in the literature. With your contributions, we can advance our knowledge on this topic together. Please feel free to contact me or Daniel if you may have any question about the special issue.
Expertly moderated by David Savage, we fielded questions about getting the most from your #data.
Some of the key takeaways:
1. General intelligence doesn’t exist, and we still need to promote creativity and #ProblemSolving through humans
2. Create a vision for your data strategy, but deploy against it iteratively to gain value incrementally, rather than make a Big Bang.
3. Culture is as important as the technology. Landing change is often harder than creating the solution, and getting buy in from stakeholders and those impacted by your #transformation is key to making your changes stick.
curiosity and open-mindedness as motivation, humanity, creativity, technology and business as foundation, (translated into the courses as culture, emotion, innovation and practice) We craft #digitalchina from market hype into knowledge node.
curiosity and open-mindedness as motivation, humanity, creativity, technology and business as foundation, (translated into the courses as culture, emotion, innovation and practice) We craft #digitalchina from market hype into knowledge node.
Interesting read. „#Democracy can equal ‚#stability‘ or ‚#chaos‘“ - subject to your cultural background.
In an interconnected digital #AI-governed world, every action in the real world has an impact to the overall virtual system. This also includes pre-filters to training data like for example censorship.
The last sentence is remarkable: „…Venkatasubramanian points out that AI algorithms trained on Western news articles might contain their own anti-China biases.“ #foodforthoughts
We were excited when #alumnusDennis van den Waardenburg was willing to give a guest lecture for the course The User Experience Ecosystem. He showed #Lobe, an awesome tool that he works with that can help you build your machine learning model in just a couple of minutes. Definitely something to remember, this might come in handy for the graduation project!
Interesting read. „#Democracy can equal ‚#stability‘ or ‚#chaos‘“ - subject to your cultural background.
In an interconnected digital #AI-governed world, every action in the real world has an impact to the overall virtual system. This also includes pre-filters to training data like for example censorship.
The last sentence is remarkable: „…Venkatasubramanian points out that AI algorithms trained on Western news articles might contain their own anti-China biases.“ #foodforthoughts
Maandag 8 maart vindt de launch plaats van de AI-hub Midden-Nederland. Met Thomas Dohmen mag ik dan meer vertellen over het Media & AI-lab. Samen met creatieve industrie, overheden, uitvoeringsorganisaties en andere kennisinstellingen gaan we werk maken van het ontwikkelen van nieuwe kennis en innovaties maar ook professionalisering in relatie tot mediatechnologie en AI.
Focus ligt op de media- en cultuursector. Sector die een unieke en data-rijke proeftuin is. En die ook voor andere sectoren relevante en toepasbare kennis en innovaties oplevert. Maar ook een sector waar grote ontwikkelbehoeften bestaan om d.m.v. ethics by design recht te doen aan de belangen van burgers en een open, inclusieve en democratische samenleving.
I discussed my work on social media 'vanity metrics' with the China Daily Hong Kong in Jenny Wang's article on the pressure on young users to attain high follower and like counts, https://lnkd.in/ecsTubN. Thoughtful piece.
IT'S A WRAP! 🎬 After three incredible days full of virtual networking, knowledge exchange, and business opportunities #Chocoa2021 comes to an end. I am incredibly proud to have taken part in organizing this event. I gained experience in a wide range of responsibilities such as #marketing#communications, customer & partner relationship management, #sales, social media management, and co-hosting the event in our #digital lobby. All of which will prove valuable in the future as a #freelance#creative.
Together with our small team, we worked day-in and out to deliver the feel of a real-life event experience despite the ongoing pandemic, and damn did we deliver. Nearly 600 #chocolate and #cocoa professionals participated in our #virtual#event. This was beyond anything we could have envisioned. With our platform we truly connected the industry and are a few steps closer to a world of #sustainable cocoa production.
Master Thesis! This month I started with my thesis for Master Communication Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Topic? Corporate Social Responsibility!
During my thesis I will research how utilizing CSR in apology strategies after a reputational crisis, can reduce anger and negative word-of-mouth from stakeholders. Relevant? Very! Not much research is done on CSR and apology strategy for post-crisis, while these two strategies compliment each other in terms of effects.
Very excited for the results! -- Master Scriptie! Vanaf deze maand ben ik gestart met mijn scriptie voor mijn opleiding Communicatiewetenschap aan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Onderwerp? Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen!
Tijdens mijn scriptie ga ik onderzoeken hoe het gebruik maken van MVO in verontschuldigingen na een reputatie crisis, boosheid en negatieve mond-tot-mond reclame kan verminderen. Relevant? Zeker! Niet veel onderzoek is gedaan naar MVO en verontschuldigingen voor communicatie na een reputatie crisis, terwijl deze strategieën elkaar goed aanvullen.
To anyone interested, here is an invitation to a new Seminar Series within the Social Sciences Group at Wageningen University & Research that I am co-organizing with my fellow postdocs in the Digitalization theme.
For this seminar series, our aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the complex interactions between digital technologies and society.
The first talk in our seminar series will take place online on Friday, March 5 from 12.00 to 13.00. Saman Ghaffarian will talk about: Can Artificial Intelligence Reduce the Risk? Examples from Disaster and Agriculture domains. To join the seminar please find the full announcement in attachment or here: https://lnkd.in/eXi2xkc
Anyone interested in presenting in this seminar series, suggesting topics or any other questions you can email me at adina.nerghes@wur.nl or send me a private message here on LinkedIn.
Want to join? Send me an email at adina.nerghes@wur.nl or send me a private message here on LinkedIn.
Alumnus Denilo Sergio Vieira gave a guest lecture about his graduation project. He designed an app that supports budget coaches in their work with problematic debt. He won the prestige title of Best Prototype that year! Before MDDD he graduated with a BA in Communication and Multimedia Design and now he works as a product designer at NGTI. #bestprototype#productdesigner#cmd#datadrivendesign#ngti#guestlecture#proud#mddd#HU
„This is the crime of which I accuse my country and my countrymen, and for which neither I nor time nor history will ever forgive them, that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it.” James Baldwin
I'm excited to present a Digital Marketing Masterclass this evening to students at the University of Hull | Hull University Business School. I'm going to be talking all about Metrics, Dashboards and Data-Driven Strategies - my favourite topics!🙌🏻
"There are no winners in an arms race, only those who outgrow it. The race for AI dominance spills over into a more profound question of identity, asking in what kind of society we choose to live."
We should look at prosperity in a broader sense than purely the gross domestic product. Her Majesty Queen Máxima spoke with researchers about this topic during a working visit, last Tuesday.
One of the discussed topics was the influence of the corona crisis on prosperity. Bas van Bavel drew parallels with the global financial crisis of 2008, when the one-dimensional focus on the economy caused the broad prosperity of large groups to drop for a long time.
Utrecht University put the topic of 'broad prosperity' on the agenda and has been researching it since 2014. It is now on the agenda of the government (SCP, CPB and PBL) and the business community (VNO-NCW, MKB-Nederland).
Great to hear from you Diane - hope all is well with you. Big changes for the whole faculty - the work in the Ellen Terry building is part of a bigger project to renovate the Graham Sutherland /Maurice Fosse buildings too - with a new building at the heart of it all.
4 Steps To Using AI Ethically In Your Organization
#AI can do incredible things, but just because something is possible doesn't mean it's right. There’s enormous #potential for backlash against the #misuse of AI, and #policymakers and #regulators will no doubt take an increasing interest in AI. This means it’s vital organizations pursue an #ethical use of AI.
Historian and writer Rutger Bregman has been selected to be Utrecht University's Alumnus of the Year. 🎉
The jury: "His books have a major impact, while he also exhibits courage and highlights urgent issues, such as climate change. Bregman uses his academic knowledge to do so, while using language accessible to a wider audience."
These last two weeks have taught me a lot. I pride myself on getting high grades within my study career of Creative Business and have worked hard to achieve them (most of the time). However, two weeks ago, I got the notice I failed my plan of action; the one course I had to pass before I could start my graduation project. And I failed hard.
What followed were days of disappointment and insecurity. How could it be possible that I failed this?
But luckily, these days were also filled with support, insights and some amazing people. I can't thank my coach Joanna Pisarczyk enough for all the pep-talks and extra guidance. Alongside her, great CB students who were able to provide me feedback on my plan of action and supported me throughout my ups- and downs, Martin Vos, Elida Rotaru, Lola Mesterom, Kim Jansen and Camila Yataco.
This fail has shown me that there's actually a lot of strength in asking for feedback. It helps me get an outside perspective and has made my report much better than if I would have done it alone.
I've just received the grade for my resit today and I'm excited to say that I can finally start my graduation project about data literacy for Dennis Nguyen and join my fellow team-members.
Thank you to everyone who helped me out, I greatly appreciate it!
Social media companies undeniably shape public discourses - read here how we can start to rethink our relationship with big tech platforms and explore solutions (in Dutch) #socialmedia#tech:
Dear network, is there anyone here on LinkedIn who would be willing to have a conversation with me about racism within emerging digital technologies (such as artificial intelligence and big data)? More specifically, in Amsterdam or the Netherlands as a whole.
I am doing my graduation project on how we can make a society more inclusive in an emerging smart city, in this case how we can prevent racism from being further perpetuated due to the implementation of certain technologies in Amsterdam.
Data bias is a difficult and complex problem - but you need to start working on solutions somewhere. In our research group, we explore creative solutions to the problem. Read about one of our brainstorming session here: https://lnkd.in/gMfpY9C#data#dataethics#design#databias
Voor mijn scriptie ben ik op zoek naar ondernemers van start-ups of MKB die een eigen webshop hebben of er eentje willen en wat de nodige wants & needs zijn die hier bij komen kijken!
Hierbij gevoegd is mijn survey maar ik zou eventueel ook wat diepte interviews van een aantal vragen willen houden met mensen die dit aan spreekt! Dus voel je geroepen mij dan een berichtje te sturen!
Vier Europese regio's werken in het project Wildlife Economy aan het versterken van natuur én economie. Deze prachtige video toont een van de regio's, het grenspark Kempen~Broek in Limburg. Wat een voorrecht om aan het projectmanagement van dit project te mogen bijdragen!
Jahou N. was the first in line of MDDD-alumna that shared here knowledge and experiences with this year’s students. She works as programme specialist at RNW Media. An organization that aims to provide the necessary opportunities and resources for women and men in all their diversities who suffer from poverty and social exclusion caused by patriarchal social norms, to participate fully, fairly and equally in political, economic and socio-cultural life, and to enjoy a standard of living and well-being that is considered decent in the society in which they live.
Considering the current corona-protests and the question of misinformation circulating prior to the Dutch elections in March of this year, the journalist Olaf Stomp and I looked back on the misinformation studies colleagues and I undertook that resulted in the recent book, 'The Politics of Social Media Manipulation', https://lnkd.in/gf4xixX. The interview includes a discussion of making difficult policy recommendations and how they sometimes can be misinterpreted.
We've launched #Hostile#Terrain 94 #Münster! Visit online or on site: https://lnkd.in/dar8zTW The installation is growing every day and we expect to complete it on Monday. #ht94 is a global participatory art installation which commemorates victims of the USA's 1994 "Prevention through Deterrence" strategy. Over 3.000 migrants have perished in the US-Mexican borderlands and a geo-located toe-tag is filled in by volunteers and mounted on a map of the Sonoran Desert. The project was devised by the Undocumented Migration Project and head curator Jason De León, UCLA.
I have never posted on LinkedIn and haven’t been on this platform in more than five years. I didn’t know it was still happening. I have hundreds of unread messages lol
"Instead of (only) asking, “What workforce do I need for my strategy?” workforce ecosystems enable leaders to ask, “What strategy is possible with my workforce?” This flip elevates and unites business strategy and workforce strategy"
What is the ethnic diversity & gender distribution in The Museum of Modern Art collection, and how is it different between contemporary vs new media art departments? 🌍
Being asked to explore any topic we cared about in my Data Science class, and stumbling upon this official MoMa dataset outlining 138.185 artworks from their collection, my decision was quickly made.
The resulting insights were interesting and perhaps useful for further research so I decided to share them (along with cute graphs) and a bit of the process with you in my latest Medium post published! 📊
Quick #s: • Male artists comprise 85% of the contemporary art collection, opposed to 72% in new media • Of the 11 works in the 131.000 item collection by non-binary artists, 9 of those are in the new media department • For each 100 works of art acquired, contemporary buys from 3-4 nationalities while new media buys from 22 - that's 6x as much
It's also my first Python project, building on Plotly, Dash, and lots of pre-processing on Pandas. Very excited about my newly acquired data skills and the insights and grade (10/10) they got me ✨ full story on Towards Data Science > https://lnkd.in/dbxfvcr
A great documentary illustrating the difficult position many Turkish journalists have fallen into, with the increasing oppression of the media. One of the must-watch documentaries to understand the situation in Turkey regarding the working conditions of journalists. #pressfreedom#Turkey#journalism#personanongrata
Did you know? “Annually, it is estimated 15,000 children are trafficked from West Africa to Europe for football alone. This is a huge humanitarian problem that affects many lives and tarnishes the image of credible actors in the world of sports. I am part of a team working on a project for Mission 89 to develop a digitally decentralized platform which enables young promising athletes to interact with credible agents, clubs, and other stakeholders in a fully secure private channel. Get involved and fight against child trafficking in the name of sports by filling this less than 3 minutes survey!
We wensen je een hele fijne jaarwisseling (wat natuurlijk prima kan ook zonder vuurwerk😉) en de beste wensen voor 2021💙💛💙! * Happy New Year and welcome back in 2021 💙💛💙! * Vi önskar dig ett hejdundrande slut på 2020 och ett Gott Nytt År 2021❤️!
I’m excited to share that I’ll be taking part in Erasmus University Rotterdam Exchange programme of IBCoM and will be studying at Yonsei University during the Fall Semester of 2021! 🇰🇷✨
"We are human, sometimes we are scared, feel despair or discouraged. But for me personally, I would not know what else to do, I cannot not do something about the things that are happening around me."
Profound #thanks to and #respect for Meltem Aslan, Nejat Taştan and Yasemin Öz who joined us last week to share their personal stories defending #humanrights in #Turkey and to celebrate the launch of the virtual "Stories That Need to be Heard" exhibition. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dq2V23G See the exhibition here: https://lnkd.in/dw59sMC
This article is based on the talk I delivered last week at Newsrewired conference - thank you Marcela Kunova for the invitation. Rutger VerhoevenErik Van Heeswijk, thank you for the opportunity to work together.
Collega Dennis Nguyen, doet onderzoek naar 'Data Bias', maar wat merken we daar eigenlijk van in het dagelijks leven? Hij ging samen met de HEMD missies redactie op pad om daar achter te komen:
Daarom is data literacy zo belangrijk. Laten we nou toevallig een Comeniusbeurs hebben ontvangen om dit onder de aandacht te brengen :) http://crossculturaldataliteracy.org/
Yesterday was "Ugly Christmas Sweater Day" 🎅 at #Channable and, like every year, we are raising money for a good cause. 💶 Channable will donate 1000 Euros to the Masanga Hospital Sierra Leone where our former colleague Claire has been volunteering her services for over a year. 🎊🥂🎁
With Channable's contribution, the Masanga Team can improve their infection prevention equipment within the hospital. Due to COVID, the rural location, and little government help, supplies like soap, masks, gloves, gauze, and protective equipment are critically low. It’s not uncommon for operations to be canceled due to (nationwide) lack of gauze and the on-going search for the next pair of examination gloves is relentless.
The collected money will serve to buy supplies to protect the hospital's staff and patients from HIV, TB, Lassa, and many other infections. The donations will also go toward medication, e.g. to cure children with severe Malaria and enable surgeries like cesarean sections to take place.
If you would like to donate please take a look at the link in the comments 🤗
Happy Ugly Christmas Sweater Day everyone and thanks for your amazing pictures, support, and donations! 💪
Delighted to see Richard Horton and his brilliant book "The Covid-19 Catastrophe: What’s Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again" on The Guardian's list of writers who have made sense of Covid.
Collega Dennis Nguyen, doet onderzoek naar 'Data Bias', maar wat merken we daar eigenlijk van in het dagelijks leven? Hij ging samen met de HEMD missies redactie op pad om daar achter te komen:
Data bias is a complex challenge in the digital society - but how can we actually spot it? For our mission at the research group Human Experience & Media Design (HEMD) we asked a few people about their thoughts: https://lnkd.in/di7Qhhz#society#research#ai#data#people
Vijf jaar geleden werd ik geïnterviewd als eerste Syrische student aan de HU. Toen woonde ik nog in Friesland en moest ik elke dag vijf uur reizen om naar school te gaan. Ik had een doel om mijn studie af te ronden en een goede toekomst op te bouwen in Nederland. Ik wilde bewijzen dat ik geen gelukzoeker ben en dat ik een positieve bijdrage wil leveren aan de maatschappij.
De grootste uitdaging was dat ik op mijn studie en toekomst wilde concentreren, terwijl elke dag bombardementen vielen op het gebied waar mijn familie verbleven. Elke dag maakte ik me zorgen of ik mijn familie nog een keer zou kunnen zien. Ik heb veel dingen meegemaakt en geleerd in de afgelopen jaren en met vallen en opstaan heb ik mijn doelen bereikt.
Nu, vijf jaar later kan ik zeggen dat ik er trots op ben dat ik mijn HBO bachelor heb afgerond en een leuke bijbaan heb waar ik elke dag nieuwe dingen leer. Momenteel ben ik bezig met de master Data Driven Business aan de HU en ik heb nog veel dromen die ik nog waar wil maken.
Ik ben heel erg dankbaar dat ik hier mocht studeren en mijn toekomst opbouwen.
Extra focus on local news... well, for an immigrant like myself, I have a mixture of feelings. I have lived in the Netherlands for 20 years, which means, my adult years spent in Europe are longer than in my homeland China. I follow local news intensely, but I just can't disconnect myself from international affairs and transnational issues. #china#europe
This year we see a major shift towards #inwardfocus everywhere in the world. #internationaljournalism is willingly or unwillingly losing neutrality and objectivity.
One of my favorite Dutch news websites #thecorrespondent will stop publishing. This is what they wrote to their subscribers - “Unfortunately, we were unable to demonstrate the value of The Correspondent’s journalism to a significant enough number of members. With the Covid-19 pandemic dominating headlines non-stop for much of the year, it proved very difficult to offer "unbreaking news" to members in over 140 countries. People want to know from their media source: "Is my kid’s school going to be closed tomorrow and when will I be eligible for a vaccination?" While essential, this is not the kind of journalism we were set up to do. We were focused instead on transnational issues."
We need to look inward but also outward; we need mirrors and windows!
We also had a discussion on the topic and gave the students the opportunity to speak with us about it. We were really interested in hearing their thoughts on the gender gap in technology. The students were highly engaged and critical. It was mostly about how and why the Gender Gap existed in the first place, as well as the awareness and consciousness it has on design and society. Some of the students recognized some of the insights from the interviews. In addition, a couple of them came up with some design ideas, such as building a platform that looks at talents rather than names or gender. Another student suggested that through establishing accountability, company boards, or those in charge of management, could be more involved in providing a good work environment for all employees.
We appreciate the opportunity to talk about our project and have a fantastic conversation on how to utilize design solutions to overcome the gender gap in tech. We would like to thank Dr Dennis Nguyen for hosting the guest lecture!
Books in the background: De IT-Girl (The countless examples and convincing figures on the Gender Gap in Tech) by Chantal Schinkels & Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez